Original Japanese WWII Type 89 Knee Mortar 50mm Grenade Discharger Round - Inert Cannons & Mortars The First Issue Model 1

The First Issue Model 1 1/2 had an non-fluted cylinder and a flat bottomed "square" grip

Captains bars

This tripod may have also seen use in Finland during the WW2 period

and which placed the above named officer in a position where he might have sustained serious injury for certain and even death

The division remained on Bougainville and trained for the Luzon campaign

Original Japanese WWII Type 89 Knee Mortar 50mm Grenade Discharger Round - Inert Cannons & Mortars The First Issue Model 1Original Items: Only One Available. This is a genuine Japanese late World War II 50mm Mortar, Type 89 grenade with a Type 88 instantaneous fuze. Features original paint with a yellow band on body and a red band at the top. The Mortar round is inert and can never be used as a weapon or for its original intended purpose, therefore complies with BATF guidleines governing ordnance. It still still has the original safety pin, and is stamped with several