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This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...
The Stokes mortar could fire as many as 25 bombs per minute and had a maximum range of 800 yd (730 m), firing the original cylindrical unstabilised projectile. [ 12 ] A modified version of the mortar, which fired a modern fin-stabilised streamlined projectile and had a booster charge for longer range, was developed after World War I; [ 13 ...
A total of six 8-cm Mortars and 66 men in the platoon. The 12-cm Mortar Platoon was made up of a 17-man HQ and four six or seven-man Mortar Teams, each team armed with a single 12-cm Granatwerfer 42 mortar. A total of four 12-cm Mortars and 47 men in the platoon. A full-strength Heavy Weapons Company had 205 men in total, including three officers.
Albrecht Mortar German Empire: World War I 254: 10-inch siege mortar M. 1841 United States: 1841 254: 10-inch seacoast mortar M. 1841 United States: 1841 260: 26 cm Minenwerfer M 17 Austria-Hungary: World War I 320: 320 mm Type 98 mortar Japan: World War II: 325: Mortier de 12 Gribeauval Kingdom of France: 1781 330: 13-inch seacoast mortar M ...
In general infantry mortars are defined by what a team of infantrymen, sometimes known as mortarmen, can transport unaided by significant vehicle support. Because of this intrinsic restriction mandated by weight, mortars are only considered "infantry" to a caliber of 120mm.
Mortar system: Caliber [mm] Origin: Image: Service life: Quantity: Users: Note: Start: End: M4 MMC "M4 mortar motor carriage" M2 half-track: 81 mm United States: 1941 1945 572 US Army: System developed by the Ordnance Department, made by White Motor Companyfitted with the M1 Mortar [39] [82] [83] M4A1 MMC "M4A1 mortar motor carriage" M2 half ...
120 mm M984 extended-range DPICM mortar round; 240 mm trench mortar; L. Little David; M. M1 mortar; M2 4.2-inch mortar; M2 mortar; M19 mortar; M29 mortar; M30 mortar ...
It was adopted due to the extended range and lethality in comparison to the previous M2 mortar, although the M30, at 305 kilograms (672 lb), was significantly heavier than the 151 kilograms (333 lb) M2. Due to this heavy weight, the mortar was most often mounted in a tracked mortar carrier of the M113 family, designated as the M106 mortar ...