GE M/964 60 mm Mortar Bomb Rounds

[Eggburt1969]

These 60 mm mortar bomb rounds cropped up in Syria, along with some Iranian 60 mm HE LR mortar bomb rounds.

They seems to be designated as either GE M/964 or M/964, and to be variants of the M49A2, but fitted with a derivative of the AZ DM111 fuze.

Production details on a few, which are visible, seems to be LOTE FMP-1-50, suggesting they may be quite old if the 50 is a truncated 1950.

It is unknown if the boxes behind the rounds, marked Indonesia, are related.

Related X/Twitter links are below.

https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1902086384199897369

https://x.com/QalaatAlMudiq/status/1902422506314531032

 

[MINENAZ16]

As far as I know M/964 projectile is from PORTUGAL

 

[Eggburt1969]

I did wonder if it was Portuguese. Partly from the 'LOTE' bit, and also from a book on Portuguese hand grenades that I have, some of which have a similar M/xxx designation format.

I guess the GE is something like Granada Explosivo, or something to do with the Portuguese for a round of ammunition, or high explosive (alto-explosivo)?