Original Japanese WWII Type 100 HE 81mm Inert Mortar Round with Fuze & Original Depot Paint - Dated April 1943 Category_Receiver Top Cover and ashtray

and ashtray

Air Service

low cost and potential of the launchers design made a great impression

The backstrap consists of high relief Oak leaf and Acorn designs

an important feature that is frequently missing from surviving examples

Original Japanese WWII Type 100 HE 81mm Inert Mortar Round with Fuze & Original Depot Paint - Dated April 1943 Category_Receiver Top Cover and ashtrayOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is an excellent likely battlefield pickup example of the Japanese Type 100 High Explosive mortar, with an original 1943 dated fuze and great period applied depot paint. The body has one yellow stripe, and the throat has a red band painted around it. The Japanese Type 100 HE Mortar Round was used with the Type 97 (1937) and later the Type 99 small trench mortar. This is based on the Stokes Brandt design, as was