bushfighter Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 I'm hanging on to a mortar in Melaka, Malaysia, that just has GREAT WAR inscribed onto a plate. Please can the weapon be identified. Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calibre792x57.y Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 It is a German Heavy Flugelminenwerfer 24 cm. It was a smoothbore and fired a vaned projectile similar to the British and French 'Flying Pigs' I can't imagine how or why it reached Malaya! - SW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShirlD Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 I can see you are out and about on another fascinating journey Harry, look forward to more pictures! Take care Cheers Shirley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 20 August , 2012 Share Posted 20 August , 2012 It is German Heavy Flugelminenwerfer 24 cm. It was a smoothbore and fired a vaned projectile similar to the British and French 'Flying Pigs' I can't imagine how or why it reached Malaya! - SW Indeed it started out as a KuK copy of the French mortar that fired the flying pig and was also manufactured in Germany. I would suspect soon after the end of the war that someone asked for a trophy gun to display at some memorial in Malaya and it was allocated from the substantial stocks of captured weapons and shipped out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushfighter Posted 21 August , 2012 Author Share Posted 21 August , 2012 Thank you very much. Harry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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