Mystery 60mm mortar round

My Uncle served as a B-17 bombardier in WW2, and after the Axis surrender he was stationed in Istres, France. All the .50 cal. guns were removed from the B-17's and replaced with cameras for aerial survey & map making in Europe. Istres was also used as a storage area for unused German ordnance. Uncle collected several souvenirs and brought them back to the USA, I am now the fortunate owner of those things.

On his "bring-back" authorization papers is "61mm Mortar Bomb-saftied". (Images below) You gentlemen are very familiar with artifacts from the European theater, so I am hoping you can confirm from which country this mortar round is from. I have a US 60mm mortar & it is of different construction. I suspect that it is German since that's what was stored at Istres. The bomb casing is marked, "ACC 206 NS 38" & the brass fuze has markings in ink, "A.T.S. ???". The fin assembly is stamped, "DR-35-10-39". There are traces of black paint remaining. Question: Is it German & is the "38" & "39" the year(s) of manufacture. Thank you.

French 60mm Brandt HE mortar round and fuse.
See googled pic took a bit of finding the correct one I can tell you.

I couldn't make anything of it myself after being led along the "German" path. I was certain it wasn't...theirs aren't even close to this type. There would be all kinds of stray ammo types dumped together after the war.

It was the fuse that got me I lucked onto a mortar round site and they had a 50mm one there but had the wrong tail fin assby so with that I googled 60mm Brandt mortar round and there she was but it took a while Jim.
Anyway job done all is now revealed.

Thank you guys, Cinders & BAR. It's only my 2nd day as a member of this forum & already it has proved to be one of the better decisions that I've made. I am very impressed.

What do you know about Japanese Type 95 "shin gunto's" (WW2 NCO sword)?? Found some very interesting kanji on a wooden liner between the nakago & tsuka. A future post with pics will help.

Again, thank you.

Here's a pic of mine I traded a 1917 '07 bayonet for it has very minor pitting at the tip and a couple of small niks in the blade but nothing major anyone like to try and decipher the Mei (tang) I have tried a couple of sites but have not got any real definitive answers apart it being made in 1944 I think. TIA

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Originally Posted by Boonie Stomper

What do you know about Japanese Type 95 "shin gunto's"

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We have a forum for that, if you start a thread there you'll get the right exposure.


Here...
https://www.milsurps.com/forumdisplay.php?f=44

That is a great looking sword. Thanks again.

Is it not possible that some German units may have been equipped with French 60mm mortars because the Germans were well known for making use of captured equipment?

That is very good possibility. The Germans used a lot equipment from countries that they conquered. There was a lot of ordnance there in Istres. I bet the US forces were using it as a disposal site for a lot of the recovered ordnance.

My uncle's "bring-back" paper has 19 different pieces of ordnance listed, including the bomb.