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Training practice (TP): Designation M50A2/A3. Used for training in limited areas. These rounds are obsolete and no longer used. Red Phosphorus: Can not be fired by the 60 mm mortar; Full Range Practice Cartridges (FRPC): Designation M769. This round is used for practice or clearing misfires.
English: 60mm mortar shells for the U.S. M2 Mortar. Left-to-Right: M69 Training/Practice, M49A2 High Explosive, M302 White Phosphorous/Smoke, M83 Illuminating (parachute flare) Left-to-Right: M69 Training/Practice, M49A2 High Explosive, M302 White Phosphorous/Smoke, M83 Illuminating (parachute flare)
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.
60mm mortars from different countries and manufacturers. ... Denel Vektor M1 60mm Mortar; G. GNM-60 mkudro; Granatenwerfer 16; H. Hirtenberger M6C-210; HM 12; L. LMP ...
M734 fuze cross section Amplifier (top) and oscillator. The M734 multi-option fuze [1] is a rangefinder and collision detection system used on 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm mortar shells as a trigger to detonate the shells at the most damaging heights of burst when combating four types of battlefield threats:
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 ...
In addition, indirect fire is provided by the M320 grenade launcher in fireteams, M224a1 60 mm mortar in companies, and M252 81 mm mortar in battalions. The M2 .50 caliber heavy machine gun and MK19 automatic grenade launcher (40 mm) are available for use by dismounted infantry, though they are more commonly vehicle-mounted.
Pages in category "60 mm artillery" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... 0–9. 6 cm S-Bts K L/21; 60mm HVMS; B. Brandt 60 mm LR gun-mortar ...