Wooden 8mm Mauser Bullet

[Der Jagar]

Sorry to burst the 'fog of war' balloon, but the Japanese did use them in the Pacific during WW2 in combat. My Dad brought some back from one of the eleven amphibious landings he was involved in, I believe it may have been when the US retook Corregidor in the Philippine Islands as I know he went ashore there. He had around 6 of the wooden bullet Japanese cartridges, I recall thinking they looked like cannon shells, of course I was pretty young. He advised that the Japanese used them effectively to wound rather than kill, as a wounded soldier took more troops to care for than a deceased one, also the infection they caused. He buried them somewhere on the farm as he advised me he didn't want me or any of my siblings to get ahold of them. Dad said the wooden bullets would cause some terrible wounds, while not killing, but would maim and infection was a real threat. He advised the soldiers and Marines he talked to had a healthy respect for them.