List of mortar carriers explained

A mortar carrier, or self-propelled mortar, is a self-propelled artillery piece in which a mortar is the primary weapon.

Summary list

Modern era mortar systems

Mortar carrier 81–82 mm

Weapon name	Caliber [mm]	Country of origin	Source
2S41 Drok	82 mm
ALKAR (Aselsan)	81 mm	Turkey	^[1]
Carrier Mortar Tracked (CMT)	81 mm		^[2]
Cardom 81	81 mm		^[3]
	81 mm		^[4]
ESLAIT A3MS	81 mm	/
VingPos	81 mm		^[5] ^[6]
K281	81 mm

Mortar carrier 120 mm

Weapon name	Caliber [mm]	Country of origin	Source
120 KRH-TEKA	120 mm
120 Mobile mortar system	120 mm	Georgia	^[7]
2R2M mortar	120 mm		^[8] ^[9]
	120 mm
	120 mm
	120 mm
	120 mm
	120 mm
Alakran	120 mm		^[10]
AHS-120 (Aselsan)	120 mm	Turkey	^[11]
AMOS (Patria) (2 barrels)	120 mm × 2
AMS II	120 mm	United Kingdom	^[12] ^[13]
Cardom 120	120mm		^[14]
	120 mm		^[15]
Crossbow 120	120mm
Elbit SPEAR	120 mm		^[16]
EMOC	120 mm		^[17]
ESLAIT A3MS	120 mm		^[18]
GMM-120	120 mm
GMOS (Escribano) "Guardian MOrtar System"	120 mm		^[19]
	120 mm
KSM120 Skyfall	120 mm		^[20]
M1064 mortar carrier	120 mm
M1129 mortar carrier	120 mm
M120 Mortar – Wiesel 2	120 mm		^[21]
M1287 mortar carrier	120 mm	United States	^[22]
Mjölner (2 barrels)	120 mm × 2		^[23]
MMC Bars-8	120 mm
NEMO (Patria)	120 mm
PLL-05	120 mm		^[24]
Ragnarok MWS120	120 mm	Norway	^[25]
	120 mm
SLING	120 mm		^[26]
Smereka	120 mm	Ukraine	^[27]
SRAMS "Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System"	120 mm		^[28]
Type 96 120 mm self-propelled mortar	120 mm
VCTM	120 mm

Cold War

Weapon name	Caliber [mm]	Country of origin	Source
	240 mm
	120 mm
	120 mm
	107 mm
	107 mm
	107 mm
	81 mm
Vz.85 ShM-120 PRAM-S	120 mm

World War II era mortar carriers

Weapon name	Caliber [mm]	Country of origin	Source
	81 mm		^[29] ^[30]
	81 mm		^[31] ^[32]
	81 mm
Reihenwerfer - SOMUA MCG	81 mm × 16	/	.^[33] ^[34]
	540/600 mm		^[35]

Detailed list

Modern era mortar carrier

This list includes mortar carrier systems that were developed after the Cold War.

Mortar carrier 81 mm

Mortar system	Platform	Calibre [mm]	Origin mortar system	Image	Quantity		Service life	Users (deliveries by client)	Note
					Order	Delivery
ALKAR	Defender	81 mm		―	―	―	In development	Turkish Army	System made by Aselsan, planned to be ordered by the Turkish Army^[36]
Carrier Mortar Tracked (CMT)	BMP-2	81 mm			220	220	Since 2000	Indian Army	System made by DRDO and OFMK, fitted with IOF81 Type 1F tube (Indian licensed version of Soltam B455)
Cardom 81 – EIMOS	URO VAMTAC S3 BN-2	81 mm			16	16	Since 2012	Spanish Army (10) Bahraini Army (6)	System by Soltam.^[37] Being replaced by the URO VAMTAC - Dual EIMOS in the Spanish Army.
Dual EIMOS	URO VAMTAC ST5	81 mm		―	80	2	Since 2022	Spanish ArmySpanish Marines	System by
ESLAIT A3MS "SCORPION"	URO VAMTAC ST5	81 mm		―	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown		ESL Advanced Information Technology (ESLAIT), further evolution of the Cardom 10^[38]
VingPos	CV90 Mk.I RWS Multi BK	81 mm		―	24	16	Since 2016	Norwegian Army	System made by Rheinmetall Norway AS, fitted with L16A2 mortar tube^[39] ^[40] ^[41]

Mortar carrier 120 mm

Mortar system	Platform	Calibre [mm]	Origin mortar system	Image	Quantity		Service life	Users (deliveries by client)	Note
					Order	Delivery
120 Mobile mortar system	Didgori Meomari	120 mm	Georgia		Unknown	Unknown	2021	Exported to unknown user in the Middle East	Mortar made by Delta SEC^[42]
2R2M mortar	Freccia VBM Porta Mortaio	120 mm			35	21	2015	Italian Army	System made by Thales (formerly TDA)
2R2M mortar "Griffon MEPAC"		120 mm			54	0	From 2024	French Army	System made by Thales (formerly TDA)^[43]
2R2M mortar	VAB Mk.3 (6x6)	120 mm		―	6	6	2009	Royal Army of Oman	System designed and made by Thales (formerly TDA)^[44] ^[45]
2R2M mortar	ACV-300	120 mm			8	8	2010	Malaysian Army	System designed and made by Thales (formerly TDA)^[46]
2R2M mortar	DefTech AV8	120 mm		―	8	8	2019	Malaysian Army	System designed and made by Thales (formerly TDA)
2R2M mortar	M113	120 mm		―	25	25	2010	Saudi Arabian National Guard	System designed and made by Thales (formerly TDA)
AHS-120	BMC VuranEjder Yalçın	120 mm			> 26	> 26	Since 2021	Turkish Army (unknown) Turkish Gendarmerie (unknown) Kosovo Army (26)	System made by Aselsan, initially named Alkar, renamed AHS-120.
Alakran mortar system /	Toyota Land Cruiser J79	120 mm		―	6	6	Since 2023	Ukrainian Army	Ordered in 2023 for the Ukrainian Army^[47]
Alakran mortar system /	URO VAMTAC S3	120 mm		―	1	1	Only trial	Spanish Army	Tested by the Spanish Army in 2018^[48]
Alakran mortar system /A2M (Advanced Mobile Mortar)	Sherpa Light	120 mm		―	―	―	In development	―	Developed by Thales (mortar), Arquus (vehicle) and NTGS (Alakran)^[49]
AlakranMMK BARS-8	Bars-8(Dodge RAM chassis)	120 mm	Spain Ukraine		> 12	> 12	Since 2019	Ukrainian Army	^[50] ^[51]
AMOS (2 barrels)	Patria AMV	120 mm × 2	/		18	18	2013	Finnish Army	System designed and made by Patria and BAE Hägglunds^[52]
AMS II "Advanced Mobile Mortar"	LAV III	120 mm			73	73	Since 2002	Saudi Arabian National Guard	Weapon system developed by Delco Systems and Royal Ordonance
Cobra – RUAG	Piranha IV	120 mm			48	0	From 2024	Swiss Army	"12 cm Mörser 16"
Cobra – RUAG	PARS III 8x8	120 mm			6	6	Since 2019	Royal Army of Oman	^[53]
Crossbow 120	Boxer	120 mm		―	―	―	In development	―	Turret for a mortar carrier ready for trial as of 2023, designed by Elbit for Israeli Army, and export as well. Tested on Boxer.^[54]
EMOC	VAC ASCOD 2	120 mm (or 81 mm)		―	―	―	Prototype	―	Lightest 120 mm mortar carrier^[55]
ESLAIT A3MS	Piranha V	120 mm			15	15	Since 2019		Piranha V AAAMS "Advanced Automated Autonomous Mortar System", further evolution of the Cardom 10 by Austrian company ESLAIT^[56]
GMM-120	Modified MAN KAT1	120 mm			―	―	Prototype	―	Made by STC Delta^[57]
GMOS "Guardian MOrtar System"	VAC ASCOD 2	120 mm		―	―	―	Prototype	―	Escribano developed a turret to answer the coming needs of the Spanish Army, expected to be used with the Piranha V and / or the VAC (ASCOD 2 based APC)
KSM120 Skyfall	K200A1	120 mm		—	Unknown	Unknown	Since January 2022	South Korean Army	Ordered in 2020 and then in 2022, intended to replace the 1840 KM30 in service (K-242A1 with 107 mm M30 mortar) Announced to be in mass production.
M1064 mortar carrier	M113	120 mm			1124	1124	Since 1990	US Army (1076) Egyptian Army(36) Royal Thai Army (12)	M113 equipped with M120 (Soltam K6) mortar^[58] ^[59] ^[60]
M120G Rak		120 mm			―	―	In development	―	Replacement of the Soviet mortars by this new system, mortar carriers split among the tracked Borsuk and the wheeled KTO Rosomak.
M120K Rak	KTO Rosomak	120 mm			146	93	2017	Polish Land Forces (93 / 122) Ukrainian Army (0 / 24)^[61]	Developed by Poland for its army, and purchased later on among a large KTO Rosomak for Ukraine^[62]
M1287	AMPV	120 mm	United States		386(planned)	―	In trials	Hungarian Army	Among the 2,907 vehicles in 5 variants, the US Army expects 386 mortar carriers for quick-reaction fire support^[63] ^[64]
Mjölner (2 barrels)	CV90 Grkpbv 90	120 mm × 2			80	40	2019	Swedish Army	System designed and made by BAE Hägglunds^[65] Barrels produced by Slovakian company KONSTRUKTA-Defence^[66]
PLL-05	ZSL92	120 mm			> 500	500^[67]	2008	Chinese Army
Ragnarok MWS120	Prototypes: trailer Gidran Boxer (RBSL's Mortar Boxer)	120 mm	Norway		―	―	In trial phase	―	Rheinmetall Norway AS developed this system.^[68] The Gidran was offered to Hungary, lost the competition, and a Boxer module is offered to the UK.
SLING	Land Rover Defender; Humvee	120 mm			―	―	Prototype / Testing phase	―	Tested by Green berets, based on M120A1 tube and base plate.^[69]
Smereka	Varta	120 mm	Ukraine		―	―	Prototype	―	Moroccan Army potentially interested
SPEARSPEAR LR		120 mm		―	> 28	> 28	2015	Azerbaijani Army (–) Zambian Army (6) Royal Thai Army (34)	Thai ATMM and Zambian Spear Mk.2 on Tata LPTA 713 TC 4×4 trucks^[70] ^[71]
SRAMS "Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System"	RG-31 Mk.5	120 mm		―	48	48	―	United Arab Emirates Army	System designed and made by ST Engineering.(known as Agrab 120 in UAE Army)^[72]
SRAMS Mk.II "Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System"	Belrex PCSV	120 mm		―	―	―	2021	Singapore Army	System designed and made by ST Engineering.^[73]
SRAMS Mk.II "Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System"		120 mm		―	―	―	Prototype	Singapore Army	System designed and made by ST Engineering prototype^[74]

World War II era mortar carriers

Vehicle	Mortar system	Caliber [mm]	Origin	Image	Service life		Quantity	Users	Note
					Start	End
"M4 mortar motor carriage"	M2 half-track	81 mm			1941	1945	572	US Army	System developed by the Ordnance Department, made by White Motor Companyfitted with the M1 Mortar ^[75] ^[76]
"M4A1 mortar motor carriage"	M2 half-track	81 mm			1943	1945	600	US Army	System developed by the Ordnance Department, made by White Motor Companyfitted with the M1 Mortar.^[77] ^[78]
M21 MMC "M21 mortar motor carriage"	M3 half-track	81 mm			1944	1968	110	US Army (1944-1945, 110 made and used) Free French forces (1945, 57 leased) Austrian Army (1955-1968, 23 leased)	System developed by the Ordnance Department, made by White Motor Companyfitted with the M1 Mortar ^[79]
Reihenwerfer	SOMUA MCG	81 mm× 16			1944	1945	Unknown	Wehrmacht	System developed and made by Alfred Becker, fitted with 16 mortars Brandt Mle 27/31.
Karl-Gerät	Neubau-fahrzeug	540 mmor600 mm			1943	1945	7	Wehrmacht	System developed and made by Rheinmetall-Borsig AG.

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