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107mm M1938 mortarlarger figure on 4 of 5
M2 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 5
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Configuration
| Specification | 107mm M1938 mortar | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Heavy mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1943–1975 (Soviet Union) 1938–present[source] | — |
| Wars | World War II Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Afghan Wars 2011 Libyan civil war[source] | World War II Chinese Civil War First Indochina War Korean War Algerian War Portuguese Colonial War Rhodesian Bush War Vietnam War Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Lebanese Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Guatemalan Civil War |
OF-841A
Single source1.0 kg (2 lb 3 oz) (OF-841A)[source]
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| Designed | 1936[source] | — |
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| Shell | 9.1 kg (20 lb) bomb[source] | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[source] |
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| Breech | muzzle loaded[source] | — |
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| Elevation | 45° to 80°[source] | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | 3°[source] | 7°[source] |
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| Filling | TNT[source] | — |
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| Role | scaled-down version of the 120mm M1938 mortar[source] | — |
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| Source measurement | In World War II , the 107mm mortar saw service with Soviet mountain infantry as a divisional artillery weapon. Weapons captured by the Germans were given the designation 10.7 cm Gebirgsgranatwerfer 328(r) . Its last significant use in battle was in the Vietnam War . The ability to break down the weapon made it particularly suited to the rugged terrain of Vietnam .[source]107mm M1938 mortar · History; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| Country of origin | Soviet Union[source]Inventory Origin column; table 9, row 7, cell 4; revision 1372696737; retrieved 2026-10-02 | — |
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| Used by | — | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
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| Designer | — | Edgar Brandt[source] |
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| Variants | — | Type 31[source] |
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| Manufacturer | — | Read Machinery Company[source]M2 mortar · original production contract, January 1940 Kennedy-Van Saun Engineering Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor Firestone Tire and Rubber Company[source]M2 mortar · wartime production contractor, 1945 Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Pakistan Helwan Machine Tools Company[source]M2-derived Type 63-1 · licensed variant production in Egypt |
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