Commando mortar
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The term Commando mortar refers to a class of lightweight infantry mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment, at the expense of accuracy and repeatability. Earliest models had been introduced from the 1930s onwards.
Commando mortars often feature design simplifications such as straps instead of bipods, carrying handles, and limited aiming equipment. Some of these straps are marked with measurements, with the intent that the mortarman step on a marked point of the sling and pull it taut, at which point the mortar will be angled so as to fire to the range marked at that point of the sling.
Users
Empire of Japan: Type 10 and Type 89 grenade discharger 50mm, second world war.[1]
Soviet Union: "Spade Mortar" 37mm, second world war.[2]
Austria: Hirtenberger M6C-210 Commando Mortar 60mm[3]
Ireland: Denel Land Systems M-1 60mm commando mortar[4]
South Africa: Denel LS "patrol mortar" or M-4 Commando Mortar 60mm[5]
Iran: DIO "Marsh mortar" 37mm[6]
United Kingdom: L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar[7]
France: Lance-grenade individuel Mle F1 (LGI Mle F1) 51mm mortier léger[8]
Portugal: INDEP M/968 60mm
Yugoslavia: M70 Mortar 60mm
Israel: Soltam C03 Mortar 60mm- Iran: DIO HADID 60 mm HM12 and HM13 Commando mortars[9]
Spain: ECIA Mortar 60mm
Peru: DC-M37C1 60mm Patrol Mortar
Turkey: MKEK 60mm Commando Mortar[10]
Netherlands: M6C-640, light mortar 60mm
Thailand: Royal Thai Army Ordnance 60mm Mortar WPC A3 (Commando)
Georgia: STC Delta GNM-60 mkudro 60mm[11]
Czechia: LRM vz. 99 ANTOS 60mm mortar[12]
Sources
References
- ^ US Army manual TM-E 30-480 at hyperwar, Type 10 and 89 dischargers Taki, archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ battlefield.ru page, rkka.ru page (russian), archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ Hirtenberger AG M6 60 mm Mortars (old product line), archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ Tactical Weapons, May 2010 Issue. Guns of the Elite: Multi-Mission Warriors, page 93.
- ^ "M4 60 mm Commando Mortar System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019., archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ 37 mm Marsh mortar Jane's Infantery Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ 51mm Light Mortar British Army, archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ LGI Specifications (french), archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ HADID 60 mortars Jane's Infantery Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ "60 mm COMMANDO MORTAR, Product Details". Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
- ^ GNM-60 mortar STC Delta website, archived by the Internet Archive
- ^ Article about 60 mm ANTOS mortar (pol.) adopted by Czechia, Jordania, Poland, archived by the Internet Archive