Mortar MKII 2" Relic Found

[makisraf]

Good day to all,

i recently found this, inside a creek.

Your thoughts, and if anyone has pictures of it please be kind to post it.
As i 'll start restoration shortly.

I made a first search but i found very few things for the family of the 2" mortars..

Thank you!!

[JedburghDanny]

Its got the early infantry base plate which you normally associate with the 39 - 40 BEF time period. Also nice to see its got its early sights too!

After this the base plate was replaced with a small spade and the complicated sight was replaced with a white painted line down the tube and it was fired and corrected for effect!

Danny

[Wouter J]

Great find. Here's a good picture of one being used.



Private R.L. Randolf of the 1st Battailon, the Canadian Scottish Regiment, sits in a trench with a two-inch mortar. France, 12 June 1944.

Considering the regiment and the date, this picture was taken in either Putot en Bessin or Cussy.

[pak 40]

nice find, i would say its a pretty solid find and
a nice piece to restore

[DJT]

Nice and interesting find. You checked to make sure there wasn't a round still up the spout right?

[makisraf]

Thank you guys!!!

DJT , yes offcourse it was the first thing to do before i started messing around with it...

to say the truth i was more afraid of the area around the find.....