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...
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United States. It has been replaced in service by the more modern 60 mm M224 mortar, which has a much longer range and improved ammunition. The original...
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the M2 was replaced by the M224 in 1978. China (the Republic of China prior to 1949) also locally produced the M2 mortar, which was designated as the...
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vehicle-mounted 120 mm mortar, which is augmented by the 60 mm M224 mortar for dismounted use. The RSTA squadron only receives the 120 mm mounted mortar, there is...
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and traversing mechanisms to elevate/traverse the mortar. The M64A1 sight unit (also used on the M224) is attached to the bipod mount. The M252 is a gravity-fired...
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mortar system US forces set up in Manbij". Army Times. Sightline Media Group. Retrieved 17 July 2024. M224 Mortar, U.S. Army Fact Files. M120 Mortar,...
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pressure: 650 bar Netherlands New Zealand United Kingdom M224 mortar - Comparable 60mm mortar in US service "Hirtenberger M6C (Commando)". www.militaryfactory...
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This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in...
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Archived from the original (PDF) on November 12, 2010. "Ukraine war: Troops fire mortars and use drone". Retrieved 2022-03-15. M2 mortar M224 mortar...
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Name Image Type Origin Quantity Status Notes Mortars M224 Mortar United States 625 Field artillery M-56 Howitzer Yugoslavia 26 M101 Howitzer United...
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