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The M224 LWCMS (Lightweight Company Mortar System) replaced the older (WWII-era) 60 mm M2 mortar and the inaccurate M19 Mortar and began fielding as prototypes in the mid-1970s during the Vietnam War. The M2s and M19s had an effective range of only 2,000 m (2,187 yd).
The War Department eventually settled on a 60 mm design from Edgar Brandt, a French ordnance engineer, and purchased a license to build the weapon. The model was standardized as the mortar, 60 mm M2. Testing took place in the late 1930s, and the first order for 1,500 M2 mortars was placed in January 1940.
The Hirtenberger M6-895 60 mm mortar was procured as an urgent operational requirement (UOR) for the British Army. It can be fired in both the direct-lay and indirect fire role at a rate of 1–12 rounds a minute and can be operated in the hand held mode. [ 4 ]
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 satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for the light ...
Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar; Brandt Mle 1935; Brandt Mle CM60A1; D. ... Hirtenberger M6C-210; HM 12; L. LMP-2017; M. M-4 commando mortar; M2 mortar; M6 mortar; M19 ...
The Hirtenberger M6C-210 is a light mortar with smoothbore barrel, part of the M6 mortar range designed by Hirtenberger Defense Systems of Austria.. This mortar is equipped with two aiming devices and is characterized by high mobility, which should meet the needs of fire during rapid deployment, forward troops or small units such as those engaged in special operations.
The M-4 commando mortar, also known as a patrol mortar, is a lightweight 60 mm commando mortar manufactured by Denel Land Systems. [ 1 ] An instructor pointing out the use of the range table
Portugal: INDEP M/968 60mm Yugoslavia: M70 Mortar 60mm Myanmar: BA-100 60 mm Mortar. Myanmar: MA-9 60 mm Mortar. Israel: Soltam C03 Mortar 60mm Iran: DIO HADID 60 mm HM12 and HM13 Commando mortars [9] Spain: ECIA Mortar 60mm Peru: DC-M37C1 60mm Patrol Mortar Turkey: MKEK 60mm Commando Mortar [10] Netherlands: M6C-640, light mortar 60mm