81 KRH 71 Y vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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AMortars

81 KRH 71 Y

Mortar

BMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

81 KRH 71 Ylarger figure on 4 of 4

Mass+195%
Range+250%
Barrel length+65%
Calibre+35%

M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 4

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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 50 rows sourced on both sides

56kg

19kg

Mass+195%

All recorded figures & sources

56 kg

Mass

Single source

56 kg (123 lb)^[source]

19 kg

Mass

Single source

Configuration

Details

81 KRH 71 Y and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	81 KRH 71 Y	M2 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Finland^[source]	United States^[source]
Used by	Finland^[source]	United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam^[source]
Designer	Tampella^[source]	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Manufacturer	Tampella (81 KRH 71) Vammas (81 KRH 96)^[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

Manufacturer

Tampella (81 KRH 71) Vammas (81 KRH 96)^[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

No. built	550 (81 KRH 96)^[source]	—

Variants	81 KRH 71 Y 81 KRH 71 RT 81 KRH 96^[source]	Type 31^[source]

Feed system	manual^[source]	—

Sights	Vammas KRH SNT 94 collimator sight^[source]	—

Wars	—	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]

Shell	—	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

Elevation	—	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	—	7°^[source]

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