Rare WW2 dated 60 MM Illuminating Mortar M83A1 to accept M65 time fuze. Dated 1-45 Inert

This offering is for a vintage US Military Inert 60 MM Illuminating Mortar M83A1 to accept M65 time fuze. Dated 1-45. This Item Appears to Have Been Chromed. Military description: This cartridge provides illumination for observation during night missions. The complete round consists of a body tube, a tail cone assembly, an illuminant charge, a parachute assembly, a time fuze, a fin assembly with four increments of propellant charge, an ignition cartridge, and a percussion primer. The nose of the thin-walled steel tubing body is fitted with a steel adapter and internally threaded to accept the fuze. The cone is fitted with an internally threaded adapter to accept the fin assembly, and is attached to the body tube with four equally spaced shear pins. The illuminant assembly, which consists of a first-fire charge and an illuminant charge, is contained in a boxboard casing which is attached to the parachute with a suspension line. An expelling charge directly below the fuze, ejects the illuminant and parachute assembly. Length 14.28 inches Diameter (body) 81 mm Weight 4.15 pounds Filler Illuminating Filler weight 0.49 pounds Propellent M83A3 M182 M83A2 & M38A1 M3A1 Fuze Time, M65A1 Painting and markings White with black markings Fin assembly M2 Reference TM 43-0001-28, Army Ammunition Data Sheets, April 1977