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The mortar carrier has its genesis in the general mechanisation and motorisation of infantry in the years leading up to World War II.To move an infantry mortar and its crew various methods were developed, for example mounting the mortar on a wheeled carriage for towing behind a light vehicle, attaching the mortar and its permanently fixed baseplate to the rear of a vehicle — the entire ...
Indonesia: Armoured personnel carrier APS-3 Anoa I APS-3 Anoa II APS-3 Anoa VVIP APS-3 Anoa Mortar Carrier (81mm) 450 [87] [88] As 2019 about 400 vehicle delivered according to PT Pindad. [88] [89] Additional 26 were delivered to the Army in January 2022. 12 vehicles delivered in 2024. [90] Armed with 12.7mm machine gun, 7.62mm machine gun or ...
M1064 mortar carrier: 120 mm United States [24] M1129 mortar carrier: 120 mm United States: M120 Mortar – Wiesel 2: 120 mm Germany [25] M1287 mortar carrier: 120 mm USA [26] Grkpbv 90 (2 barrels) 120 mm × 2 Sweden [27] MMC Bars-8 120 mm Ukraine: NEMO (Patria) 120 mm Finland [28] PLL-05: 120 mm People's Republic of China [29] PLZ-10: 120 mm
The Pindad MO-3 81 mm medium weight mortar is an Indonesian-designed [1] smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to light infantry, air assault, and airborne units across the entire front of a battalion zone of influence.
The mortar could be fired from the vehicle, but could also be fired dismounted. Currently, the U.S. Army mortar carrier is the M106 upgraded to A3 standard and armed with an M121 120 mm mortar, a variant of the M120 mortar. M1064 mortar carrier. Armed with an M121 120 mm mortar, a variant of the M120 mortar. M125
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 M106 mortar carrier (full designation: Carrier, Mortar, 107 mm, Self-propelled) was a tracked, self-propelled mortar carrier in service with the United States Army. It was designed to provide indirect fire support to primarily infantry , units, but could also provide support to any unit under attack within range.
The M1129 mortar carrier, also known as MCV-B (mortar carrier vehicle version B), is based on the Stryker infantry carrier vehicle, which is itself a descendant of the Swiss Mowag Piranha III. The precursor of the M1129, the MCV-A, carried a mortar that could only be used dismounted, whereas the M1129B is only capable of firing its weapon from ...