blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Share #1 Posted November 28, 2014 Here is an interesting study of a WW2 M83A1 illumination round. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #2 Posted November 28, 2014 I have quite a few views Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #3 Posted November 28, 2014 The nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #4 Posted November 28, 2014 Having trouble resizing, sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgawne Posted November 28, 2014 Share #5 Posted November 28, 2014 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #6 Posted November 28, 2014 Still trying to resize. The nose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #7 Posted November 28, 2014 Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #8 Posted November 28, 2014 Broken down into components Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #9 Posted November 28, 2014 The parachute is the cool part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #10 Posted November 28, 2014 Top of shipping tube Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkdown Posted November 28, 2014 Author Share #11 Posted November 28, 2014 All primers have been killed with oil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Finn Posted November 28, 2014 Share #12 Posted November 28, 2014 Neat! Don't see many of those around - ever! Was it live when you got it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirt Detective Posted November 28, 2014 Share #13 Posted November 28, 2014 Great post thanks for showing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZPhil Posted November 28, 2014 Share #14 Posted November 28, 2014 Very Cool! Thanks for sharing those pic's. What's in the little bags stuffed in the fin's? Semper Fi Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambob Posted November 29, 2014 Share #15 Posted November 29, 2014 AZPhil, I believe those little bags carry the propellant that drives the round out of the mortar. The more bags there are the higher/further the round goes. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFMike Posted November 29, 2014 Share #16 Posted November 29, 2014 They are called increments. All mortars use them in someform and they are part of the formula for range. Mortar fire is quite technical as to fire direction. They are partially discarded in many instances and are quite volatile-piles of them discarded too hastily or incorrectly have caused severe burns and deaths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted December 16, 2014 Share #17 Posted December 16, 2014 Hi Dan: That is a very nice example of the M83 illumination round with the M65 time fuze. It is amazingly complete. Great stuff. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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