WW2 Japanese Type 89 Knee Morter Round / Inert and a pencil number 197

and a pencil number 197 at the top left of document / Please inquire with any questions

Authentic (used) pair showing signs of wear

a total of about 13

WW1 Prussian Kriegerverband Veterans Badge

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WW2 Japanese Type 89 Knee Morter Round / Inert and a pencil number 197The Type 89 grenade discharger (, Hachiky shiki j tekidant), inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. It got the nickname the "knee mortar" because of an erroneous Allied belief that these launchers could be fired by propping its plate against the leg. However, anyone trying to fire it this way would receive a