Name This AE...339

[Brady]

???

[sprior]

Trousers, khaki.

[sprior]

Or an M2 4.2in mortar.

[Terminus]

Looks a bit small to be 4.2in. I'll say 3in.

[mdiehl]

British soldier firing a 3" (3.2 inch) stokes mortar in front of the Old Pagoda, Moulmein, Burma. Probably late 1944-45 ish.

[Shark7]

M1 81mm Mortar

[Footslogger]

Could that be a Ghurka soldier?

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Footslogger

Could that be a Ghurka soldier?

Maybe if he had been painted white a day or so earlier... [:'(]

[Terminus]

A very pale Gurkha...[8|]

[thegreatwent]

I'm going with M1 81mm Mortar as Shark7 suggested.

[m10bob]

Brit 76mm(3 inch)..Light or not, I'll go with Ghurka as well.

[DivePac88]

British 3inch Mortar, British 2nd Division, Mandalay February 1945.

[castor troy]

Albino Ghurkas? [;)]

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Albino Ghurkas? [;)]

Yes, the British 2nd Division was composed primarily of chubby albino Ghurkhas and trained to fight in the snows of the Himalyas where these physical characteristics would be to their advantage! [:'(]

[DivePac88]

ORIGINAL: rtrapasso

ORIGINAL: castor troy

Albino Ghurkas? [;)]

Yes, the British 2nd Division was composed primarily of chubby albino Ghurkhas and trained to fight in the snows of the Himalyas where these physical characteristics would be to their advantage! [:'(]

Correct answer Mr rtrapasso, and you are the winner of an incoming 3inch HE Mortar Round, congratulations.

[sventhebold]

Butt Large Butt

[Cap Mandrake]

It is the helmet netting that makes them look Ghurka. On my monitor they definitely do not look albino and they have no tan lines.

On the other hand, the assistant with the foreground mortar has that European bean-pole thing going on.

The Mandalay Historical Society is not going to be happy at their choice for the battery location.

[Brady]

3inch Mortar, it is[:)]

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The Campaign in Mandalay February - March 1945: British mortars in action during the fighting for Meiktila

[Japan]

nice picture