Commando mortar explained

The term Commando mortar refers to a class of lightweight infantry mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment with a caliber of 60mm (2.4 in) or less in diameter, 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

Type 10 and Type 89 grenade discharger 50mm, second world war.^[1]

"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]

DIO "Marsh mortar" 37mm^[6]

• United Kingdom

L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar^[7]

• France

LGI Mle F1 51mm mortier léger^[8]

• Portugal

INDEP M/968 60mm

M70 Mortar 60mm

• Myanmar

BA-100 60 mm Mortar.

• Myanmar

MA-9 60 mm Mortar.

• Israel

Soltam C03 Mortar 60mm

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]

LRM vz. 99 ANTOS 60mm mortar^[12]

• Iraq

Al-Jaleel 60mm Commando Mortar^[13]

• Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam^{[14] [15]}

See also

• Grenade launcher

External links

• Jane's Infantry Weapons — Weblink to older 2002 reference issue.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20190102013343/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/Japan/IJA/HB/HB-9.html#III-3 US Army manual TM-E 30-480 at hyperwar
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20190321094117/http://www.battlefield.ru/content/view/146/67/lang,ru/index.htm battlefield.ru page
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20080103104535/http://www.hirtenberger.at/hds/mmb/index_60.htm Hirtenberger AG
4. Tactical Weapons, May 2010 Issue. Guns of the Elite: Multi-Mission Warriors, page 93.
5. Web site: M4 60 mm Commando Mortar System . https://web.archive.org/web/20160328163531/http://admin.denel.co.za/uploads//M4_60.pdf . dead . 28 March 2016 . 21 March 2019., archived by the Internet Archive
6. https://archive.org/details/Janes_Infantry_Weapons/page/n2549 37 mm Marsh mortar
7. https://web.archive.org/web/20010622025637/http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/pw/pw_lm.html-ssi 51mm Light Mortar
8. https://web.archive.org/web/20080622221839/http://www.ofrp.net/doc/fichiers/LGI/lgi.htm LGI Specifications
9. https://archive.org/details/Janes_Infantry_Weapons/page/n2531 HADID 60 mortars
10. Web site: 60 mm COMMANDO MORTAR, Product Details . 2019-03-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110913003858/http://www.mkek.gov.tr/english/foUrunDetaylari.aspx?iKodUrun=99&iKodUrunKategorisi=123 . 2011-09-13 .
11. https://web.archive.org/web/20180829062945/http://www.delta.gov.ge/en/product/gnm-60/ GNM-60 mortar
12. https://web.archive.org/web/20180219150714/https://www.altair.com.pl/news/view?news_id=19361 Article about 60 mm ANTOS mortar
13. Book: . Iraq Country Handbook . U.S. Government Printing Office . 1998 . A-17 . 28 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050528131010/http://www.sabrizain.org/iraq/Marines.pdf . 28 May 2005.
14. Book: Moorcraft . Paul . Total Destruction of the Tamil Tigers: The Rare Victory of Sri Lanka's Long War . 19 March 2013 . 9781783830749.
15. Web site: 1 August 2011 . Humanitarian Operation - Factual Analysis, July 2006 - May 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055103/http://www.defence.lk/news/20110801_Conf.pdf . 2016-03-04 . Ministry of Defence (Sri Lanka).