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1/11/2009 6:27:42 PM EDT
I have a projectile that is about .......a picture is worth a thousand words.






1/11/2009 7:08:03 PM EDT
[#1]
About 50mm wide at the base?  Jap knee mortal round?
1/11/2009 7:10:12 PM EDT
[#2]
Yes correct about 50mm. Thanks for the info.
1/12/2009 5:02:55 AM EDT
[#3]
Thats an HE round from the Type 89 Heavy Grenade Discharger (hachi-kyu-shiki ju-tekidanto, or more commonly just tekidanto).
1/12/2009 5:42:25 AM EDT
[#4]
Thanks Doc!
1/13/2009 3:45:45 PM EDT
[#5]
Jap knee mortar!!!


My friend has one of those cartridges as well.
1/14/2009 7:16:38 AM EDT
[#6]
My friend too has one.

I'm glad to see it's demilled!
1/14/2009 1:18:21 PM EDT
[#7]
Seemed that many found out the hard way that it wasn't meant to be fired off of the thigh, rather a fallen tree trunk.
1/14/2009 8:14:26 PM EDT
[#8]
OUCH that had to hurt!
1/15/2009 4:01:35 AM EDT
[#9]
Quoted:
OUCH that had to hurt!


Indeed, broken thigh bone.

1/15/2009 12:29:25 PM EDT
[#10]
None of the Japanese found out the hard way.....(old wives tale).  The term Knee Mortar was an English name based on its design.  The Japs knew what they were doing.

http://members.shaw.ca/nambuworld/t89pix.htm

TiredIron
1/15/2009 3:00:35 PM EDT
[#11]
Quoted:
None of the Japanese found out the hard way.....(old wives tale).  The term Knee Mortar was an English name based on its design.  The Japs knew what they were doing.

http://members.shaw.ca/nambuworld/t89pix.htm

TiredIron


Of course the Japanese knew how to use their own weapons properly...the broken thighs were suffered by U.S. Marines utilizing captured ones on Guadalcanal.

1/15/2009 5:53:39 PM EDT
[#12]
The most recent shotgun news has an article on the Japanese knee mortal very informative. I did not know the collectors value was between $300.00-$1500.00 depending on condition!
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