4,2" British Mortar

[horsa]

Shots below of the standard two round wooden crate for holding 4.2" mortar rounds and the metal backpack that held three rounds. Both items need restoration but are back burner projects for now. The two rounds in the crate are 1944 production and have no fuzes in them. Fuzes and the launching cartridges in a tin would account for the open space in the crate at one end.

[alleramilitaria]

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took my aussie carrier out for a drive today,,, suprise no fire, smoke or sparks this time
DD

[JUAN PRIEN]

Hi horsa, i saw this reply after send my message, well, i saw the round and separating the fins whit the main body, i can receipt them whitout problem, don´t need anyother work to hidden it ( well, if the parcel label don´t declare MORTAR SHELL).
A wood crate is a good choice to replace the conteiner that i saw. Do you have one of this to sell.
Where can find a good 2" mortar (repro or real) to attached to my carrier as smoke launcher?.
Thanks for your help. Whitout yours replys ( all the forum member are very polite), will be almost impossible for me to restorate my t16 as canadian. Best regards

[horsa]

Hey Juan,

The wooden 4.2" crate is from my own collection and I don't have a spare to sell or trade. I do have a few of the 4.2" mortar rounds available for sale though which I have been selling for a friend. There are two 1944 dated rounds and six postwar rounds available. I will post photos and details to your direct eMail along with some shots of my T-16 as it is slowly progressing with the restoration. I'd also like to see photos of your T-16 so you can post them back to my eMail once you get the shots from my account.

I don't have a set of the cardboard tube carriers for 4.2" rounds but have handled a single set once a few years ago. The length of the carboard tubes is 21.25" long and they need an inside diameter able to hold a round so for building them, you'd probably need to use whatever cardboard tubing that you could find in a stock size. Likely something around 4.5" diameter I'd guess. Overall construction would be the same as the tubes used for 3" mortar rounds except there would only be two instead of three.

[JUAN PRIEN]

Hi mate: i will try to copy a wooden crate or a cardboard tube , your pic is a great help for the task. I don´t know if the shell is dated, so i don´t have a preference. Do you have interest to sell to me one round? i don´t have any hurry, my proyect need a long, long work. Then if your you decide to sell a round( if the shell don´t have any war or post war identification, the cheapest is good for me), please make me know its price, as well as the expense of sending to argentina. I belive that the surface option is the best, ( remembers divided in two parcels). Then if i can pay the price, and you have a bill of paypal, I can send the money, or it can be for western union, but it is more expensive for me and you have to be going to look for the money to the western union office.
I don´t know well the rules of the forum, so if you can´t make bussines thought open reply, send me a mail to juanprien@hotmail.com. Sorry for my english, and thanks for your effort to understand me. Best regards.Juan