Mortar, National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), Cyprus, 1955 (c)
mortar, homemade, mortar
Accession Number
NAM.1994-02-125-1
Description
Homemade mortar, 1955 (c). Used by National Organization of Cypriot Fighters (EOKA), Cyprus (1954-1959). Like the IRA later EOKA fighters had no access to large weapons like mortars and simply made their own. This is a simple metal tube which fired a home made bomb full of scrap iron.
Campaigns
Cyprus (1954-1959)