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Japanese 50 mm 10th Year mortar/grenade launcher (launcher, grenade, 50 mm)

Japanese 50 mm 10th Year mortar/grenade launcher (launcher, grenade, 50 mm)
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NAM5930205
Image title
Japanese 50 mm 10th Year mortar/grenade launcher (launcher, grenade, 50 mm)
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Japanese School, (20th century) / Japanese
Location
National Army Museum, London
Medium
launcher, grenade, 50 mm
Date
1939 AD (C20th AD)
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Japanese 50 mm 10th Year mortar/grenade launcher. Introduced in 1921, the 10th Year Type was a short smooth-bore steel tube with a simple curved base plate intended to be rested against a tree. A bomb was dropped down the barrel and a continuous-pull firing mechanism ignited the integral propellant charge. The launcher could also fire grenades, flares and smoke bombs. Erroneously known to many Allied troops as the ‘Knee-Mortar’, it could shatter thigh bones if fired against the leg.

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© National Army Museum / Bridgeman Images
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