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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).
During the Vietnam War, both the US Marine Corps and the US Army deployed the M30 mortar. [2] [3] The USMC mounted the M30 mortar on the carriage of the M116 howitzer, this assembly being known as the M98 Howtar. [3] The Saudi Arabian Army deployed the M30 in 1990-1991 during the Gulf War. [4]
The M84 was a modified M59 that carried a 4.2-inch M30 mortar pointing backwards attached to the floor in the bay. Roof plates on the M84 could be opened to allow the mortar to be fired from inside the vehicle. The M84 only carried a crew of six, but weighed 47,100 lbs (21,400 kg) because of the mortar and the combat load of 88 rounds.
World War II: 106.7: Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar United Kingdom: World War II, Korea 107: 4.2-inch mortars M2 and M30 United States: World War II, Korea, Vietnam 140: 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15 Austria-Hungary: World War I 148: Coehorn mortar M. 1841 United States: 1841 150: Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1916 Batignolles France: World War I 150
The 4.2 in (107 mm) chemical mortar was developed from the British World War I-era 4 inch (101.6 mm) Stokes mortar. The Stokes mortar could fire twenty shells per minute and had a range of 1,100 yards (1,000 m) and in this way was capable of overwhelming enemy trenches.
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 ]
After World War II, the mortars were handed over to the Royal Artillery, the 170th Mortar Battery used them at the Battle of Imjin River in Korea. They were used during the 1950s, also by airborne artillery, deployed to Kuwait in 1961 and manned by soldiers from air defence batteries during the Confrontation in Borneo in 1965.
Vietnam-era rifles used by the US military and allies. From top to bottom: M14, MAS 36, M16 (30 round magazine), AR-10, M16 (20 round magazine), M21, L1A1, M40, MAS 49 The Vietnam War involved the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) or North Vietnamese Army (NVA), National Liberation Front for South Vietnam (NLF) or Viet Cong (VC), and the armed forces of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), Soviet ...