INERT DEACTIVATED. Original, Unfired, British, WW1, 1918 Dated, High Explosive (HE) 6 Inch Newton Trench Mortor & Fuze. - O 2256 INERT DEACTIVATED. Original, Unfired, British, WW1, 1918 Dated, High Explosive (HE) 6 Inch Newton Trench Mortor & Fuze. - O 2256 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. The British ML 6 inch Newton mortar was introduced as a medium mortor in the British army in 1917. This mortor replaced the 2 inch toffee apple trench mortor and was manned by men of the Royal Field Artillery as part of the divisional artillery. The mortor was dropped down the barrel of the mortor tube, the bomb having a .303 cartridge at the base together with the propelling charge and on impact with the firing pin at the bottom of the mortor tube, ignited the propelling charge. This is an unfired, WW1. 1918 dated British 6 inch Newton trench mortor high explosive mortor bomb and fuze. The bomb is of cast iron construction and has 4 pressed steel stabilising fins welded to the rear of the bomb reinforced by riveted on steel bars and retains some of its original yellow painted finish. The mortor has cast into the nose 6” TM I (6 inch Trench Mortor Mark I) EW&CO 80 9/18 (September 1918 date). The bomb is fitted with its correct cast iron threaded direct action nose fuze with the pressed steel safety cap. 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 2256