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Each Rifle Company of 2 and 3 PARA in the Falklands had 10 rounds per Mortar 3 Mortars per Company ie one per Platoon. HE & PARA illum.
The 2" Mortar was withdrawn from 16 PARA Brigade/5Airborne Brigade latterly in 1994, so one has to assume that applied to all British Army Infantry Battalions.;)
1982...... Are you sure they weren't using the 51 by then Gil? Shrivenham are coming back to me re obsolescent date for 2" mortar HE.
So said, 51mm para/smoke ammo could be used with the 2" mortar or vice verca but NOT the other way around. But NOT HE either way round!
As certain as one can be:thup:
Wait out on this because some info is coming to light but we know the last date of manufacture of HE at ROF G. And it was WELL before '82
Did you see the BOCN link about the HE rounds, what did you think. I was wondering did we manufacture rounds for overseas country's even after we stopped using the 2" mortar.
No. Production of 2" HE ceased in the UK in 3/69 at Glascoed
If you look on the BOCN forum link the 2" mortar destroyed at Otterburn was dated 6/69 the tail fin was dated 11/61 Glascoed marked.
Ok....., OK..... 3/69 - 6/69 - 11/69!!!!!!! What is BOCN? My dictionary says that it is the British Oil and Cattle Nutrition standard (for animal feeds.....)
He's referring to the British Ordnance Collectors Network forums
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Ah....., so my cattle food was not quite correct. But close!!!!! The Ord Officer who oversaw the destriction of the last 2" HE tells me that the last batch of HE was G-D B-16967 dated 6/69. TNT filled with a No161 Mk4 1/69 dated fuze. All that mumbo-jumbo is totally above my head but if that's what the official records say, then that's fair enough to me I say!