Original WWII Japanese Type 89 Display Grenade Discharger Knee Mortar dated 1937 with Rare Leather Cover & Level Vietnam and it still retains the

and it still retains the original lead band "sabot" that was used to engage the rifling of the Ordnance Rifle

haven broken off near the rivets

though it does have a peppered patina to the steel components

and were used as needed

Army Captain Robert L

Original WWII Japanese Type 89 Display Grenade Discharger Knee Mortar dated 1937 with Rare Leather Cover & Level Vietnam and it still retains theOriginal Items: Only One Available. Totally non functional and inert, having been demilled according to specifications outlined by the ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives). Not Available For Export. The Type 89 Grenade Discharger, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II. It measures