Original WWII Japanese Type 89 Display Grenade Discharger Knee Mortar dated 1937 with Rare Leather Cover & Level Vietnam and it still retains the

and it still retains the original lead band "sabot" that was used to engage the rifling of the Ordnance Rifle

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There is some vertigris from being kept in the leather scabbard for decades

They took part in the battle of Verdun

Original WWII Japanese Type 89 Display Grenade Discharger Knee Mortar dated 1937 with Rare Leather Cover & Level Vietnam and it still retains theOriginal Items: Only One Available. Totally non functional and inert, having been demilled according to specifications outlined by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). Not Available For Export. The Type 89 Grenade Discharger, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It measures