INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an unfired British WW2, 1943 dated 4.2 Inch high explosive mortar. The mortor entered service with the British Army in 1942 at the Battle of Alamein with the 66th Mortor Company. The mortor is stamped round the body M C P I a crowfoot 6/43 (June 1943 date). the mortor is fitted with a pressed steel assembly and one of the fins is stamped S.B. 4.2 MOR NO2 R&M 3/43 (March 1943 date). The mortor has an alloy fuze adaptor into which is screwed a number 151 fuze. The fuze completely strips down and includes the internal mechanism including the shutter assembly. The fuze is stamped round its circumference under the collar No 152 WDS 5/4? (date). The screw off protective fuse cap is marked REMOVE BOFORE FIRING 162-mkII BN 77. The price for this mortor 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. O 2220