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Troops about to fire the British 2 inch Medium Mortar from the shelter of a separate trench bay in case of misfire, World War I.
It is not reported whether this was in training or live action, but this appears to be a training exercise as no fuze is visible on the bomb and and frontline trenches would be deeper. Otherwise this photo does accurately depict standard operating procedure.


See also Image:Loading2inchMortarBalkanFront.jpg which appears to be of the same location.
Date circa. 1915-1917
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Library of Congress archive of WWI magazine rotogravures http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/rotogravures/index.html


This page from The War of the Nations, December 31 1919
Author British Government
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