120-PM-43 mortar vs M2 4.2-inch mortar | ForceTally

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120-PM-43 mortar — licensed reference photograph

AMortars

120-PM-43 mortar

Mortar

Credit

Cooper6 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BMortars

M2 4.2-inch mortar

Mortar

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

120-PM-43 mortarlarger figure on 2 of 2

Mass+82%
Calibre+12%

M2 4.2-inch mortarlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

12 of 76 rows sourced on both sides

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1.22m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.22 m

Length

Single source

1.22 m (4 ft)^[source]

275kg

151kg

Mass

Configuration

Details

120-PM-43 mortar and M2 4.2-inch mortar configuration
Specification	120-PM-43 mortar	M2 4.2-inch mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1943-present^[source]	1943–1974 (United States) 1943–present^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union^[source]	U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps

Wars	Eastern Front (World War II) Korean War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Rhodesian Bush War Portuguese Colonial War Lebanese Civil War Soviet–Afghan War Gulf War South Sudanese Civil War^[source]	World War II Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War^[source]

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