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The M224 60 mm Lightweight Company Mortar System (LWCMS) is a smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire mortar used for close-in support of ground troops. It was deployed extensively in the War in Afghanistan by the United States military .
60 mm mortar shells for the U.S. M2 mortar. Left-to-right: M69 training/practice, M49A2 high explosive, M302 white phosphorus/smoke, M83 illuminating (parachute flare) U.S. Marines firing M2 mortar during the Korean War. August, 1952. The M2 Mortar could fire several types of ammunition.
60 mm noiseless mortar GNM-60. The GNM-60 is a 60mm noise reduced mortar designed for special forces and tactical groups for concealed operations. It allows troops to fire while maintaining concealment. The weapon can be operated by a single individual. The mortar is made by STC Delta. [1] [2] [3]
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 Brandt Mle CM60A1, also known as the Brandt HB 60LP, MCB-60 HB, or simply as the Brandt 60mm LP gun-mortar, [5] is a 60 mm (2.36 in.) gun-mortar. [4] Unlike conventional infantry mortars, it was not designed to be mounted on a bipod and a baseplate, but rather in the turrets of armoured fighting vehicles. [6]
Modern mortars normally range in calibre from 60 mm (2.36 in) to 120 mm (4.72 in). However, both larger and smaller mortars have been produced. The modern mortar is a muzzle-loaded weapon and relatively simple to operate. It consists of a barrel into which the gunners drop a mortar round.
M734 fuze cross section Amplifier (top) and oscillator. The M734 multi-option fuze [1] is a rangefinder and collision detection system used on 60 mm, 81 mm, and 120 mm mortar shells as a trigger to detonate the shells at the most damaging heights of burst when combating four types of battlefield threats:
The LR gun-mortar was designed to fire specialized long range ammunition with an indirect fire range of 5,000 m (16,000 ft) and a direct fire range of 500 m (1,600 ft). [2] The standard LR high-explosive projectile possessed a fuze which detonated at any angle of impact. [2] It was manufactured of perlitic cast iron and had unfolding fins. [2]