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81mm Unknown

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bacarnal

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One of our Teams found this today on a clearance operation. It was found on a former U.S. range that has not been active for a LONG time. I'm figuring pre WW II but post WW I. I could only get the pictures shown and it had no markings. Later disposed of as per SOP. Any ideas, guesses or SWAGS? Thanks, Bruce.

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From the first pic, using the gloved hand(s) for scale, this one appears to be 60MM +/- vs 81MM.

Looking thru books and will SWAG if I run across anything.

The fuze stub looks Japanese-ish.

Rick
 
Looking at yours and Bougainville's pix, darned if you might be right. Trouble is, it ain't supposed to be here AT ALL!! Did the Japanese copy the fuzing off a Brandt design? This is TOTALLY weird!!
 
Ensured that the fuze had NO markings/stampings. Even though it is HIGHLY similar to the Japanese Type 100 fuze, upon closer examination there are some slight variations. Also there is the fact that this facility was not involved in test/development and not really used for artillery/infantry training in WW II, let alone evaluations of captured items. Did the French have an export version of the fuze that the Japanese made modifications to for an end result of their Type 100? My orginal premiss that this is an inter-war field trials example is growing stronger, but any help or ideas would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Bruce.
 
Where is the range? That could possibly explain a lot. On the basis of the photos the fuze and body certainly look Japanese.
 
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