Sunday, November 22, 2020

A British soldier fusing mortar ammunition in a trench in Mesopotamia, WWI


 

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6 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 22, 2020 at 8:48 PM

    Dang! Now there is a job I would pass on!

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  2. LLNovember 23, 2020 at 1:35 AM

    Fuses are always tricky. But they were a lot trickier 100 years ago than they are now.

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  3. MikeyNovember 23, 2020 at 8:39 AM

    Raw Courage.

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  4. Sabre22November 23, 2020 at 3:42 PM

    That is one hell of mortar. Says the former 11C20 Mortar man.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 23, 2020 at 5:38 PM

    Fuses! Sweat clearing a misfire from that tube!

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  6. DannyNovember 30, 2020 at 1:26 AM

    I believe those are gas shells.

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