2" Mortar Round Identification

[Albayo]

I don't know if this the correct forum but I have need of some help from a Mortar Expert.

A friend of mine dropped off a 2 inch mortar round today and I need some help identifying it. It is quite heavy about 3 pounds, but dos not have a removable cap as on some of my other examples. My other examples have a place for a fuse and detonator like some of my other ones.

It is painted dark green with a red band 1/3" wide and an 1 1/4" from the tip.

The round is marked:

2" MOR. II
Wt/C. 9/42
LOT 8 6 1
S.R. 269

Anyone having information on this example?

Thanks

Al

Information

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[Topfmine]

SR 269 denotes that you have a smoke round.

[Peter Laidler]

My friend dropped it off............. I like that!

[Topfmine]

I wish I had friends who could drop off such things, 2" smoke is quite hard to come by.

[CINDERS]

Just what one collects guys can remember where the 3" 10lb came from it is un painted '44 but is all there including the rare bakerlite transport plug which was often broken the 2"dont remember but is it a H.E.
The AIF learned a valuable lesson in PNG dropping these rounds with the fuse in apparently after the crate had hit the ground from the air drop this set the fuse so when they were dropped into the tube the round detonated killing the crew, may be true cannot say but that's what I had been told.
They then dropped them together but separated and the ground troops placed the fuse in the round pre delivery to the IJA lurking in the PNG jungle.
Please note these rounds are inert and contain no explosive

[Peter Laidler]

I know it's not quite 2" but while at Warminster, one of the old Warrant Officers, Danny Hunt, brought over to the HQ SASC his dad an ex Korea national serviceman 3" mortar crew man. This bloke was absolutely amazing........... I kid you not! He looked over the 3" mortar and CES and remembered every last thing, the ammo, charges, EFC calculations, the dial sight, how to lay out the GAP's with the compass, setting out/up the horrible bipod etc etc etc. Quite staggering, as though he'd learned it yesterday! I mentioned that he was bloody good and he just said that it was because they HAD to be out in Korea because the rest of the Battalion and their part of the front line depended on them for their artillery support!

[Topfmine]

The story about 2"mortar rounds being dropped or jarred and setting the mechanism so the rounds exploded in the tube is true. It's in the DWS notes. These fuzes were 151 fuzes and were not fitted with a safety pin (I have the exact same bomb in my collection all marked up the same with pin and markings) the new bombs were fitted with a 161 fuze which had a safety pin which was removed just before firing. These bombs could be used for airborne use. 151aus marked fuzes also had a safety pin fitted, some 151 fuzes were modified to have a pin fitted and were Xrayed to check if they were not set, that's why they are marked X R in white on the fuze dome.
2" mortar rounds has balistite transit plugs as well.