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M1064 mortar carrier: 120 mm United States [24] M1129 mortar carrier: 120 mm United States: M120 Mortar – Wiesel 2: 120 mm Germany [25] M1287 mortar carrier: 120 mm USA [26] Grkpbv 90 (2 barrels) 120 mm × 2 Sweden [27] MMC Bars-8 120 mm Ukraine: NEMO (Patria) 120 mm Finland [28] PLL-05: 120 mm People's Republic of China [29] PLZ-10: 120 mm
The mortar carrier has its genesis in the general mechanisation and motorisation of infantry in the years leading up to World War II.To move an infantry mortar and its crew various methods were developed, for example mounting the mortar on a wheeled carriage for towing behind a light vehicle, attaching the mortar and its permanently fixed baseplate to the rear of a vehicle — the entire ...
The M21 mortar motor carriage (MMC) was a self-propelled artillery mount on a half-track chassis used by the United States Army during World War II. It was equipped with an 81 mm M1 mortar and an air-cooled M2 Browning machine gun. It was produced by the White Motor Company in 1944. Only 110 examples were produced.
M4 mortar carrier 81 mm (572) M43 howitzer motor carriage; M7 Priest 105 mm (3,490) (105mm SP, Priest in British service, Priest name adopted by America) M8 howitzer motor carriage 75 mm (1,178) (Scott) M14 gun motor carriage 155 mm; M40 GMC 155 mm; T18 howitzer motor carriage – prototype; T82 howitzer motor carriage – prototype; M21 mortar ...
M75 in the role of a mortar carrier in service with the Belgian Armed Forces. After acceptance testing, the T18E1 was ordered into production in 1952 as the M75. An order for 1,000 was placed with IHC and another, for 730, with the Food Machinery and Chemical Corporation. Numerous changes were made during the production run to reduce the cost ...
World War I / World War II 280: 280 mm mortar M1939 (Br-5) Soviet Union: World War II: 280: Mortier de 280 Schneider France: World War I / World War II 293: Mortier de 293 Danois sur affut-truck modèle 1914 France: World War I / World War II 305: 12-inch coast defense mortar M1886, M1890, M1908, and M1912 United States: World War I / World War ...
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 ...
The M84 was a modified M59 that carried a 4.2-inch M30 mortar pointing backwards attached to the floor in the bay. Roof plates on the M84 could be opened to allow the mortar to be fired from inside the vehicle. The M84 only carried a crew of six, but weighed 47,100 lbs (21,400 kg) because of the mortar and the combat load of 88 rounds.