Trench secret weapons?

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Gents

Any ideas what the large toffee apple type things are?

The caption says:

Blid in einen franzofifchen graben der zweiten linie bei Gommecourt (Marz 1917)

[AOK4]

Hello,

More info about the 2 inch mortar can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_inch_Medium_Mortar

Jan

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Jan

Thanks - i wasn't too far away from calling them toffee apples then

Cheers

Spaz

[Chris Boonzaier]

Here is one being inspected by some German Minenwerfer guys during the 1918 advance...