WW2 Tin Identification

[rob love]

Originally Posted by horsa

Probably more people have a 2-inch mortar than own wheeled artillery .....

Hmmmm,I have more artillery than mortars.......am I doing something wrong?

[horsa]

Nope, you're one of the few lucky people that are doing it right

But more individuals probably have a single 2-inch mortar than those who have a single 6-pdr, 17-pdr or 25-pdr. Most people in this thread probably already have a spares tin as well though

I know the reenactor/collector market was so filled with demilled 2-inch mortars here in the USA back in the 1990s that the price fell to around $75 for the infantry pattern and $150 for the carrier mounted pattern complete with transit chest. And they were easy to legally reactivate with the proper federal application.

[rob love]

That mortar market flooding didn't happen here. Kearns and McMurchy brought in some live 2" set-ups in the late 90s which sold for around $400 if I recall correctly. Prior to that collectors source had some for about the same price.

Seems like I have seen PIATs also at reasonable prices when I have been to the US MVPA conventions. Up here they cost about the price of a reliable used car.

Why is the grass always greener on the other side of the fence.

[45jim]

We had that box issued issued as part of the EIS of the Cougar AVGP that mounted the Scorpion turret. IFIRC that box held the plumb box for indirect shooting calculations.

They were excellent for keeping your chicklets handy and your matches dry. We never used the plumb bob for indirect shooting but it was something we learned on the gunners course.