917601 Posted November 30, 2018 Share #1 Posted November 30, 2018 Found this Vietnam era dated wooden crate from a barn, to my surprise it had the three matching fibre tubes in it....the rarity is they were " jungle wrapped", the fibre tubes were wrapped in a wax like paper to combat the humidity. I am not aware of any surviving jungle wrapped examples, for obvious reasons. I " refurbished" the 1974 dated mortar round to as issued condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Flick Posted December 1, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 1, 2018 That's a great find, and I like the refurbed mortar round. Very slick. Here is an image of an Air Force Security Policeman with an 81mm mortar which is also, I think, Vietnam era. Regards, Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted December 1, 2018 Author Share #3 Posted December 1, 2018 Air Force no doubt. Notice the perfectly raked soil in the pit, the rake is even pictured in the background.Here is an Army mortar pit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted December 1, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 1, 2018 That is pretty funny, "raked soil in the pit"! I do like the AF beret. The army guys would probably out shoot the AF guy any day of the week and twice on Sunday! Thanks for posting the photo's and I do like the round, it looks scary real! Is it marked INERT anywhere? Police bomb squads love to blow stuff up that looks like that! BKW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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