c. 1920. A captured German 21cm Morser (Mortar) with a damaged barrel, missing its shield. The ...

Accession Number P02729.044
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white, Portrait
Physical description Black & white, Portrait
Date made c 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

c. 1920. A captured German 21cm Morser (Mortar) with a damaged barrel, missing its shield. The Morser had a range of 10,280 yards with a 1914 short shell and 11,155 yards with a 1896 long shell. This gun is held in the Australian War Memorial's collection at RELAWM05037. (Donor J. Whitelaw)

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