British Ahead Throwing Anti-Submarine Mortar - AS 12 Cartridge Italian and was intended to provide

and was intended to provide soldiers with a close-quarters combat option in case their rifle's ammunition ran out or became ineffective

It functioned primarily as a hospital camp for Allied POWs held in Italy

A bell-shaped jack plug is fitted

Portrait of Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)

British Ahead Throwing Anti-Submarine Mortar - AS 12 Cartridge Italian and was intended to provideThis is for the Ahead Throwing Anti Submarine Mortar Squid Limbo AS 12 Manufactured by ECC Edward Curran, Cardiff in 1965, Lot 30N denotes a Naval store. FV Examiners mark (seems to have examined most of Currans AS cases) No. 38 Mk 1 Electric primer Manufactured by BN ROF Blackburn, 1965 Filled by CY ROF Chorley, 1965, Lot 32 Depth Charge A 12 Lot 30 ECC 1965 N Cartridge