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4_inch_mortar_bomb_WWI_IWM_MUN_003227.jpg (100 × 218 pixels, file size: 4 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Non-free media information and use rationale true for 2-inch Medium Mortar
Description

Photograph of World War I HE shell for the 4 inch mortar
Imperial War Museum Photograph : British First World War period 4 inch mortar bomb.
IWM format description : "ochre-painted shell (diameter 4in x L 10in) with red and green bands. Body bears stencilled markings (in three lines): '4" MOR RML / III / TROTYL'."

Source

Imperial War Museum Collections Search MUN 3227

Article

2-inch Medium Mortar

Portion used

clipped section, reduced to 100 px wide

Low resolution?

Yes : greatly shrunk and compressed

Purpose of use

Single use to illustrate the object in question - WWI HE shell for the 4 inch mortar. Historically significant as it was Britain's first modern mortar shell. Clear photograph is needed to show how the design differed from other contemporary designs.

Replaceable?

yes, by free colour photograph of WWI 4-inch mortar bomb if such becomes available. This shell in the IWM's possession is possibly the only such surviving example.

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current05:29, 3 April 2009Thumbnail for version as of 05:29, 3 April 2009100 × 218 (4 KB)Rcbutcher (talk | contribs)Imperial War Museum Catalogue or Negative No.: MUN 3227 <br>Imperial War Museum Photograph : British First World War period 4 inch mortar bomb. <br>IWM format description : "ochre-painted shell (diameter 4in x L 10in) with red and green bands. Body bears

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