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120 Krh/40larger figure on 5 of 5
M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 5
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Measured figures
Mass
Single source260 kg (570 lb)[source]
Mass
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | 120 Krh/40 | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Heavy mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | Finland[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1940–present[source] | — |
| Used by | Finnish army Swedish army Estonian army German army Latvian army Lithuanian army Portuguese army[source] | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
42 lb (19 kg)[source]
squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, two ammunition carriers
Single source5 (squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, two ammunition carriers)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Continuation War Russian invasion of Ukraine[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[source] |
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| Designer | Tampella[source] | Edgar Brandt[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Tampella[source] | 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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| No. built | 596 by Tampella[source] | — |
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| Variants | — | Type 31[source] |
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| Shell | — | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[source] |
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| Elevation | — | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 7°[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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