Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 97 (“B-6”) Rail Initiator Tail Fuze and Type 93 Impact Fuze with Bring Back Document - Inert Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly as it should

as it should

Shortly after activation

Action: Flintlock side action

The top bears a fouled anchor amid foliage

Original Japanese WWII Imperial Japanese Navy Type 97 (“B-6”) Rail Initiator Tail Fuze and Type 93 Impact Fuze with Bring Back Document - Inert Category_MG 34 Barrel Jacket Assembly as it shouldOriginal Item: Only One Group Available. Prior to World War II, there were no formally trained bomb or mine disposal personnel, but the need became apparent when in 1939, the British navy dismantled the first German magnetic mine that had washed up on the shore of Shoeburyness, England. In 1941, the U. S. Naval Mine School was established at Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D. C., and subsequently, the Bomb Disposal School was established. The first