INERT DEACTIVATED. German, WW1, Granatenwerfer 16 High Explosive Fragmentation Trench Mortar. Sn - 21611 Granatenwerfer 16 High Explosive Fragmentation Trench Mortar. Sn - 21611 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a German WW1 high explosive fragmentation Granatenwerfer 16. The weapon was first introduced into the Austrian army in 1915 and adopted in a modified version by the Germans in 1916 as the Granatenwerfer 16 for use as a small easily transportable trench mortar giving indirect fire in the trenches. The Granatenwerfer is a type of spigot mortar where the hollow tail of the mortar fits over the spigot of the launcher. Ammunition came in various forms including smoke, high-explosive, illumination, and propaganda mortars. This is a high explosive fragmentation mortar with a segmented body. The fin assembly of the mortar unscrews and consists of a turned steel tube with four sets of thin pressed steel fins riveted to it for stabilising the mortor which are in good condition. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this mortar in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 21611