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Brass Shell Case from Japanese 75 mm Mortar (Gallipoli)
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Fired brass shell casing from a breech loaded Japanese trench mortar used by Australian forces at Gallipoli in 1915. The fired primer is still attached to the brass shell casing.RELAWM15077.001
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7.6 cm leichte Minenwerfer 1916 n/a in Flachbahn-Lafette
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Model 1916 trench mortar mounted on a turntable that is attached to a metal baseplate. The mortar can rotated through 360 degrees. The barrel is rifled and is fitted with hydraulic recoil recuperator...REL/04285
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7.6 cm leichter Minenwerfer 1914 a/A Trench Mortar
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Early model 76 millimeter trench mortar. The mortar consists of a short rifled barrel with three recoil cylinders attached to the outside of the barrel. The baseplate is rectangular in shape and has t...RELAWM05069
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Damaged Stokes 3 inch mortar barrel : 6 Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery, AIF
Technology
3 inch Stokes mortar barrel. The barrel is made from ordnance steel and has been split into six longitudinal distorted lengths where the mortar shell prematurely detonated. The barrel is painted black...RELAWM00768
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Garland trench mortar bomb : The Nek, Gallipoli
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Remains of a Garland mortar grenade. It consists of the cast iron case of the grenade, similar in shape to a mushroom. The metal is corroded and retains some of the soil in which it was found.RELAWM07819
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Grenade Howitzer Mark 1 (Garland Mortar)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Smooth bore trench mortar with fixed barrel set at approximately 45 degrees. The barrel is made from steel which is attached to a brass breech piece with powder recess, bolted onto a wooden block that...RELAWM00373
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Grenade Howitzer Mark 1 (Garland Trench Mortar) : Lone Pine, Gallipoli
Technology
Steel barrel 590mm in length. with internal diameter of 65mm. Fastened to a clamp on the mid-point of the barrel is a steel stirrup, fabricated out of 6mm steel bar. This stirrup would have engaged ...RELAWM07849
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3 inch Stokes Mortar Barrel
Technology
Maker: Unknown
3 inch Stokes Mortar barrel made from ordnance steel. The barrel is smoothbore and has a fixed firing pin in the base.RELAWM05056.001
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3 inch Stokes Mortar Baseplate
Technology
Maker: Unknown
3 inch Stokes Mortar baseplate made from ordnance steel.RELAWM05056.002
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3 inch Stokes Mortar Bipod
Technology
Maker: Unknown
3 inch Stokes mortar bipod made from ordnance steel. The bipod is foldable and features leg stays. The sight support bracket, cradle and elevating and traversing bracket are missing. The bipod is pain...RELAWM05056.003
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3 inch Stokes Trench Mortar Bomb
Technology
3 inch Stokes mortar inert high explosive projectile. The mortar projectile is a steel tube shaped canister with a detonator and firing cartridge holder at the rear end and a fuze mechanism at the fro...RELAWM01909
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Kabelwerfer 49/780 (Spigot Mortar)
Technology
Spigot mortar made from steel tubing and pressed metal and attached to a rectangular wooden base. The mortar has an elevation scale on the left side and a locking lever on the base of the barrel to lo...RELAWM10983
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95 mm Lanz Minenwerfer (Smoothbore Mortar)
Technology
Maker: Fabrik Heinrich Lanz & Co, Mannheim Lanz
Lanz smoothbore muzzle loading mortar made from steel. The mortar is mounted on a four legged steel frame which is attached to two wooden anchor blocks. The mortar has a locked breech and pin assembly...RELAWM05060
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95 mm Lanz Minenwerfer (Smoothbore Mortar)
Technology
Maker: Fabrik Heinrich Lanz & Co, Mannheim
Muzzle loading light trench mortar built on a steel cradle which is attached to a circular steel baseplate. The mortar has a locking handle attached on the right side used to elevate and depress the s...RELAWM05059
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87 mm Mauser Trench Mortar Barrel
Technology
Maker: Lanz Mauser
German Mauser 87 mm muzzle loading trench mortar made from steel. The barrel is smoothbore and is clamped to a rack which can be elevated and depressed. The breech has the firing mechanism attached....RELAWM05062.001
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87 mm Mauser Trench Mortar Bipod
Technology
Maker: Lanz Mauser
German Mauser 87 mm trench mortar bipod made from steel. The bipod is made from angled steel and is bolted together. The barrel and frame are attached to the bipod. An elevation lever is attached to ...RELAWM05062.002
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75 mm M 17 Kolben Smoothbore Mortar
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Muzzle-loading mortar made from steel tubing and cut steel plate and channel. The mortar frame is held together by rivets and bolts. The barrel is supported by a steel frame which allows the barrel to...RELAWM05058
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75 mm Mortier Van Deuren (Trench Mortar)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Belgium trench mortar made from cast steel and mounted on a wooden baseplate. The Mortar had a barrel with a fixed elevation. Variation in range was achieved by use of different charges of powder in t...RELAWM05053.001
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Mortiér de 58 mm No 2 (Trench Mortar - France)
Technology
Maker: Unknown
French 58 millimeter mortar designed to fire a finned projectile. The mortar is made from cast steel, and is smooth-bored and has a simple elevating mechanism built onto the carriage. The elevation i...RELAWM05052
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Turkish improvised Trench Mortar : Lone Pine
Technology
Improvised Turkish trench mortar made from a fired 18 pounder shrapnel projectile and wooden stock shaped like a rifle butt stock. The projectile barrel is made from hardened steel and has been discol...RELAWM00302