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Military applications of spigot mortars include: The 230 mm (9.1 in) petard mortar used on the Churchill AVRE by Britain in World War II. [20] The 320 mm (13 in) Type 98 mortar used by Japan in World War II to some psychological effect in the battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa; The Blacker Bombard and PIAT anti-tank launchers used by Britain in ...
The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War for light infantry support. Description [ edit ]
The Ordnance SBML two-inch mortar, or more commonly, just "two-inch mortar", was a British mortar issued to the British Army and the Commonwealth armies, that saw use during the Second World War and later. It was more portable than larger mortars, and had greater range and firepower than rifle grenades. Its main purpose was to produce smoke for ...
Infantry mortars M1 mortar: 81 mm (3.2 in) Mortar United States: M2 4.2 inch mortar: 107 mm (4.2 in) Mortar United States: M2 mortar: 60 mm (2.36 in) Mortar United States: Rocket artillery T34 Calliope: 114 mm/183 mm 4.5 in/7.2 in Rocket artillery United States: T40 Whizbang: 180 mm (7.2 in) Rocket artillery United States: Field artillery 75 mm ...
M2 4.2-inch mortars in action on Utah Beach, 1944 A crew of an M2 mortar fires on North Korean positions in 1953 A 4.2-inch mortar in Korea, 1952.. The M2 4.2-inch mortar was a U.S. rifled 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar used during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War.
After World War II, the U.S. War Department transferred the operations and development of chemical mortars to the Ordnance Department, in this way making the mortar an official infantry weapon. The 2nd Chemical Mortar Battalion was the last of the chemical mortar battalions, and the only one to see combat after World War II.
Due to the initial need to rectify design issues 1937 Model mortars continued to be used during World War II and produced alongside Models 1941 and 1943. As many Model 1937 Mortars were lost early in the war, this mortar served in the Battle for Moscow , Battle of Stalingrad , Battle of Kursk , and other campaigns, operations and engagements of ...
The range of a mortar is controlled by the number of propellant charges attached to the tail of the mortar designated M223. A charge is a semi-circular donut of nitrocellulose, which resembles a "horseshoe". [17] [18] A round for the M252 mortar comes with four charges attached. Longer-range shots require more propellant than can fit in the ...