unknown British WD tool

[tankfreak]

Hi there

Hope some one can help me on this. My brother has just found this unknown British War Department Tool which I suspect has something to do with ordnance. It is dated 1941 and several letters like ML which could be manufacturers abbreviations. So what is it ?


thanks

[staples57]

Hello tankfreak,

It looks like it could be a tool to installation/removal the Base Plugs on Mills Grenades.

Could you take a few measurements?
...the distance between the centre of one pin to the centre of the other pin
...the diameter of the pins

Cheers!

[stekker]

To install firing caps in 25 pdr. cartridges?

[Battery Command Post]

I would suspect it is either for removing the primer from a cartridge, or for setting a time fuze. I would tend to think the latter more likely, as I doubt it would produce enough torque to take the primer out of a large cartridge. It is definitely not a piece of 25-Pr equipment however.

I did notice that it has II N stamped on the left side, which could be Mk II Naval?

Rob