DEACTIVATED INERT. French, 1981 Dated, ¾ Sectioned Illumination Mortor Round For The AML-60 Armoured Car. Sn - 20841 DEACTIVATED INERT. French, 1981 Dated, ¾ Sectioned Illumination Mortor Round For The AML-60 Armoured Car. Sn - 20841

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an unfired French 1981 dated 60mm Illumination mortor for the French Built Panhard AML-60 Reconnaissance Armoured Car that was built from 1960 until 1987. The armoured car was adopted by the French an it was also exported. The armoured car had a 4x4 drive chassis and a large turret that contained a 60mm breech loading unrifled mortor. The mortor fired high explosive, canister, smoke and illumination ammunition. The turret also had two machine guns coaxially mounted. This is a 80mm ¾ sectioned illumination mortor round for the 60 mm mortor and has a quarter section removed from it to revel the inner workings. The mortor retains most of its original green painted finish with a white band near the nose. The mortor is also stencilled in white 60 – HB – 63 4 – BT – 81 (1981 date). The alloy fin assembly is stamped 5 MCE 80 round its circumference and carries graduations for setting the time the illumination mortor functions. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert mortor in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 20841