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]

Hirtenberger M6C-210 Commando Mortar 60mm[3]

Denel Land Systems M-1 60mm commando mortar[4]

Denel LS "patrol mortar" or M-4 Commando Mortar 60mm[5]

DIO "Marsh mortar" 37mm[6]

L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar[7]

LGI Mle F1 51mm mortier léger[8]

INDEP M/968 60mm

M70 Mortar 60mm

BA-100 60 mm Mortar.

MA-9 60 mm Mortar.

Soltam C03 Mortar 60mm

DIO HADID 60 mm HM12 and HM13 Commando mortars[9]

ECIA Mortar 60mm

DC-M37C1 60mm Patrol Mortar

MKEK 60mm Commando Mortar[10]

M6C-640, light mortar 60mm

Royal Thai Army Ordnance 60mm Mortar WPC A3 (Commando)

STC Delta GNM-60 mkudro 60mm[11]

LRM vz. 99 ANTOS 60mm mortar[12]

Al-Jaleel 60mm Commando Mortar[13]

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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).