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The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War for light infantry support. Description [ edit ]
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).
60 mm mortar Mortar Indonesia: MO-1 MO-2 60 mm mortar Mortar Indonesia: MO-2 MO-3: 81mm mortar: Mortar Indonesia: MO-3 Type 87: 81mm mortar: Mortar China: W87 81 KRH 71 Y: 81mm mortar: Mortar Finland: 81 KRH 71 Y [51] Also known as Mortir Tampella [52]
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 ...
M1 mortar; M2 mortar; M2 4.2 inch mortar; M29 mortar; M30 mortar; M120 120 mm mortar; M224-60 mm mortar, in current US Army and Marine Corps service; Dragon Fire 120 mm automated mortar; Mortar carriers. M84 mortar carrier; M106-self-propelled 107 mm mortar; M1064 mortar carrier; M1129 mortar carrier; Artillery. Parrott rifle; Rodman gun ...
The M2 half-track car was an armored half-track produced by the United States during World War II. Its design drew upon half-tracks imported from France in the 1930s, employing standard components supplied by U.S. truck manufacturers to speed production and reduce costs.
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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]