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Originally Posted by Kiwikkiwik

On the web it says they produced about 23,000,000 bombs for the 2 inch mortar
http://www.wwiiequipment.com/index.p...tish&Itemid=59 guy

The 1939 pamphlet says there were smoke and HE bombs.
Each platoon carried 6 containers of bombs in their platoon truck. Each container has 6 bombs. One might assume it was 3 containers of smoke, 3 containers of HE, or 18 bombs of each.

Unrelated to the bombs, the pamphlet was 1939 when the sighted mortar was still in use. The sights were found to be extra weight and bulk for not much advantage, and platoons started carrying the lighter unsighted version.


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