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[Dan Martel]

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Some sort of section-level item, going by the marking written inside the flap: I make it “No 5 PLN No 3 SEC”? Wouldn’t that kind of rule out a 2-inch mortar, as those were platoon-level issue?

Originally Posted by Jakko Westerbeke

Platoon HQ, AFAIK, for the 2-inch mortar — so “No 5 PLN HQ” would seem more logical then.

In an infantry battalion, No. 5 platoon was the anti-tank platoon which was composed of three 2-gun sections. Each gun detachment had a 2-inch mortar and a Bren gun. HTH.