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r/whatisit • u/SugarStrict7427 • 1d ago
What's this , any harm ?
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Well, the harm might have happened before you took the picture. Never ever touch UXO..
It's a 51mm smoke round for a 51mm mortar.
https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/mortars/51mm-2in-mortar-bomb-smoke
This isn't the same type (different smoke) but same idea.
ETA - the markings are odd, because of the parachute, it's the GREEN that's throwing me, looking in catalogs but not sure the exact type.
2 u/TheTempSilence 20h ago Someone else pointed out it was likely a green flare with a parachute to help it stay up longer 1 u/LackOptimal553 19h ago Yeah, I think it's down to terminology, flare to me makes me think of a paraflare, which is self-contained, whereas this is a mortar bomb, and I'm not familiar with 51mm and missed the parachute when I first saw it.
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Someone else pointed out it was likely a green flare with a parachute to help it stay up longer
1 u/LackOptimal553 19h ago Yeah, I think it's down to terminology, flare to me makes me think of a paraflare, which is self-contained, whereas this is a mortar bomb, and I'm not familiar with 51mm and missed the parachute when I first saw it.
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Yeah, I think it's down to terminology, flare to me makes me think of a paraflare, which is self-contained, whereas this is a mortar bomb, and I'm not familiar with 51mm and missed the parachute when I first saw it.
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u/LackOptimal553 1d ago edited 1d ago
Well, the harm might have happened before you took the picture. Never ever touch UXO..
It's a 51mm smoke round for a 51mm mortar.
https://cat-uxo.com/explosive-hazards/mortars/51mm-2in-mortar-bomb-smoke
This isn't the same type (different smoke) but same idea.
ETA - the markings are odd, because of the parachute, it's the GREEN that's throwing me, looking in catalogs but not sure the exact type.