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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.
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 ...
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).
A Weapons Platoon was made up of a six-man Headquarters, a Mortar Section and a Light Machine Gun Section. The Platoon Headquarters was armed with a single .50 caliber M2 Browning heavy machine gun; The Mortar Section was made up of a two-man HQ and three five-man squads, each squad armed with a single 60mm M2 mortar - a total of 17 men and 3 ...
M2 Mortar (60 mm) M19 Mortar (60 mm) M29 Mortar (81 mm) M30 107 mm Mortar; Mk 2 Mod 0/1 (Breech-loaded Mortar, 81 mm) Experimental. Dragon Fire 120 mm automated mortar;
Since mortars are generally muzzle-loaded, mortar bombs for rifled barrels usually have a pre-engraved band, called an obturator, that engages with the rifling of the barrel. Exceptions to this are the U.S. M2 4.2-inch mortar and M30 mortar, whose ammunition has a sub-calibre expandable ring that enlarged when fired. This allows the projectile ...
M1 mortar; M2 4.2-inch mortar; M2 mortar; M19 mortar; M29 mortar; M30 mortar; M224 mortar; M252 mortar; S. Soltam K6 This page was last edited on 29 March 2013 ...
M-4 commando mortar; M2 mortar; M6 mortar; M19 mortar; M57 mortar; M224 mortar This page was last edited on 22 August 2020, at 03:06 (UTC). Text is available under ...