Object details

Category
Weapons and ammunition
Related period
Second World War (production), Second World War (association)
Creator
bmv - Rheinmetall-Borsig
Production date
1941
Materials

Body: metal

Lower Cap: plastic

Dimensions

whole: Diameter 58 mm, Length 140 mm

Catalogue number
MUN 4

Object associations

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