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Unknown 81mm mortar carrier
- Thread starter ken68
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ken68
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My mate is still currently serving and he's never this type being an Armourer he's on the ranges all the time. It's got look to it with these modern fuses that have came out ?
Cheers ken
Eggburt1969
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Looks Swedish. More precisely, it looks almost the same as the 'LYSVINGGRTUB M/85', which is the mortar round carrier assembly for the '80 LYSVINGGR85' illuminating mortar bomb.
Recently I saw an old-style UK mortar bomb inner container in a garden centre antiques shop. They wanted £60 for it! I think it will probably be there for a long time.
ken68
Well-Known Member
lol I think so mate a very long time , I think this is an illum type round as it touching 26 inches long , I put my two British illum fins in both different eras but even on the long fin if I still had my full illum it would fit no problem, I'm thinking its those modern type fused ones . ?
Eggburt1969
Well-Known Member
As mentioned, they are very likely for the '8 cm lysvinggranat m/85', aka 8 cm m/85 illuminating mortar bomb, which are fitted with the 'Stidar m/85 urv grk' fuzes.
Some images of the bomb and fuze can be found at the links below.
Images 17-19.
Some images of the bomb and fuze can be found at the links below.
Images 17-19.
8 cm vinggranat - Smålands Militärhistoriska Sällskap • SMHS
8 cm grk m/29 (i lavett m/29, M29-34 eller m/29-39) Karakteristik Viktuppgifter Syst...
smhs.com.dinstudio.se