29mm Spigot Mortar - "Blacker Bombard"

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by gaspirator, Aug 14, 2013.

  1. gaspirator

    gaspirator Member

    I'm currently researching a member of the Home Guard who was tragically killed in November 1941 by a Spigot Mortar.

    What I would like to try and do is establish if he was the first - or perhaps the only - person to have been killed by this weapon.

    The mortar was also issued to the army and, according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacker_Bombard#Operational_history was used in the Western Desert - could anyone do a quick lookup of 'Lowry, Bernard; Taylor, Chris, Boulanger, Vincent (2004). British Home Defences 1940–45 Osprey Publishing. ISBN 1-84176-767-0' to see if it references a source for that information please?

    I've also read somewhere (probably online) that the Spigot Mortar actually knocked out a German tank in the desert - does anyone have a reliable source for this, or any other documented casualties (in the UK or overseas) caused by this weapon please?

    - Pete
     
  2. idler

    idler GeneralList

    It's not much, but here's one mention: NZ 22 Bn note 5
     
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  3. gaspirator

    gaspirator Member

    Thanks Idler - that's very useful!

    - pete
     

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