M34 8 CM MORTAR GRENADE – WURFGRANATE 34 ÜB

425,00 €

Product no. 4-370

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Category: Deactivated Firearms and Ordnance
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A training and practice variant of the standard 8 cm mortar shell, designated as the Wurfgranate 34 Üb (Übung). This type was utilized for fire training and checking hits via a minimal smoke indicator charge rather than a high-explosive payload. The body retains its original “Üb” practice markings. Showing structural impact damage on the upper nose section sustained during the deactivation.

De-activated.

The 8 cm Wurfgranate 34 Üb is the practice version of the ammunition for the 8 cm Granatwerfer 34, the standard German infantry mortar of the Second World War. Rheinmetall designed the mortar in the early 1930s, and it entered Wehrmacht service from 1934. Its true calibre is about 81 mm. Üb stands for Übung (exercise). The round was used to train crews in loading, laying and firing, and to observe where shells landed without the effect of a live high-explosive shell. Reference works give it a very small filling of about 57 g with minimal blast, against roughly 530 g in the service shell. Like the service round, it is a pear-shaped, fin-stabilised shell. It has a threaded fuze seat in the nose and a perforated tail tube that holds the propellant cartridge. Extra charges could be fitted between the fins to extend range. Collectors separate it from the standard Wurfgranate 34, the Nb smoke round, the Blauring and Weißring chemical rounds and the Ex handling dummy by the Üb designation and the filling and fuze details. The later Wurfgranate 38, 39 and 40 differ in construction and size.

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