INERT DEACTIVATED. Original, Fired, 1954 Dated British 3 Inch Practice High Explosive (HE) Mortar. - O 2235 INERT DEACTIVATED. Original, Fired, 1954 Dated British 3 Inch Practice High Explosive (HE) Mortar. - O 2235 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED This is a fired British, 1954 dated 3 inch Practice high explosive (H.E) mortar fitted with an inert number 1 Mark 1/1 nose fuze, No161 Mk1/2 nose fuse and protector cap. The body retains most of its original black painted finish and stenciling. The body has two yellow bands painted round the nose, the lower one is stenciled in black HES (High Explosive Substitute). The body is also stenciled in white with a 8 within a circle. The cast iron body has cast into it CI 3MOR MK 8 P (Mark 8 Practice). The body is stenciled in white around its circumference 3.IN.MOR PRAC.MK.8 GD11/54 (November 1954 date) TU70 0211.54 (2nd November 1954). The body is fitted with a screw on pressed steel fin assembly. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert mortar in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2235