120-PM-43 mortar vs M30 mortar: Specs Compared

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AMortars

120-PM-43 mortar

Mortar

Credit

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

M30 mortar — licensed reference photograph

BMortars

M30 mortar

Mortar

Credit

Panda 51 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

120-PM-43 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 2

Calibre+12%

M30 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 2

Mass+11%

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 91 rows sourced on both sides

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1.52m

Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.524 m

Length

Single source

1.524 m (5 ft)^[source]

275kg

305kg

Mass+11%

Configuration

Details

120-PM-43 mortar and M30 mortar configuration
Specification	120-PM-43 mortar	M30 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1943-present^[source]	1951–Present^[source]
Used by	Soviet Union^[source]	See Users^[source]

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]	Korean War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Vietnam War Portuguese Colonial War Third Indochina War Sino-Vietnamese War Lebanese Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Gulf War^[source]

Manufacturer	Uralmash^[source]	—

Breech	muzzle loaded^[source]	—

Elevation	+45° to +80°^[source]	—

Designer	—	U.S. Chemical Warfare Service^[source]

Former operator · South Vietnam	—	South Vietnam^[source]

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