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The M2 was intended to bridge the gap between the 81 mm mortar and the hand grenade. Normally employed by the weapons platoon of a U.S. infantry company, the M2 is of the usual mortar pattern of the day. [1] [2] It consists of a smoothbore metal tube on a rectangular baseplate, supported by a simple bipod with the elevation and traverse mechanisms.
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. It entered service in 1943. It entered service in 1943. It was nicknamed the "Goon Gun" (from its large bullet-shaped shells, monopod, and rifled bore) or the "Four-Deuce" (from its bore size in inches).
This is a list of United States Army fire control, and sighting material by supply catalog designation, or Standard Nomenclature List (SNL) group "F".The United States Army Ordnance Corps Supply Catalog used an alpha-numeric nomenclature system from about the mid-1920s to about 1958.
A Guide to Modern Mortar Systems "Field Manual 3-22.90 – Mortars" (PDF). Department of the Army. December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2013 "Field Manual 3-22.91 – Mortar Fire Direction Procedures" (PDF). Department of the Army. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2013
HE mortar bombs fired by the weapon weighed 1.33 kilograms. [9] A French infantry company in 1940 was allocated one Mle 1935 mortar. [10] This weapon provided a pattern for other light mortars used during World War II. Among the best known is the U.S. 60-mm M2 mortar. Captured examples were used by the Germans as the 6 cm Granatwerfer 225(f). [11]
The Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP gun-mortar, [5] is a 60 mm (2.36 in.) gun-mortar. [4] Unlike conventional infantry mortars, it was not designed to be mounted on a bipod and a baseplate, but rather in the turrets of armoured fighting vehicles. [6]
M2 half-track truck, (T9) (Ford) M2 half-track car, (T14) Autocar, White Motor Co. M3 half-track, Autocar, White Motor Co. M4 81 mm mortar carriage; M5 half-track variant of M2 half-track car built by International Harvester; M9 half-track car; M15 half-track multiple gun carriage built by Autocar; M21 mortar carrier, 81mm
G-79 M2 mortar motor carriage. G-79 M2 mortar motor carriage, (scout car with M1-M2 4.2 inch mortar) G-80 Carriage motor, mortar T5E1 motor carriage, (Halftrack M2A1 with M1-M2 4.2 inch mortar) G-81 M2 medium tank, M2A1; G-82 truck, 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-3-ton, ordnance maintenance, General Motors; M1 artillery repair; M2 artillery repair; G-83