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82-PM-41larger figure on 5 of 5
M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 5
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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | 82-PM-41 | M2 mortar |
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| Type | Mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | United States[source] |
| In service | 1941–1990s[source] | — |
| Used by | Soviet Union Other users[source] | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
| Wars |
Barrel length
Single source2 ft 5 in (726 mm)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Second World War Korean War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Portuguese Colonial War South African Border 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[source] |
| Designed | 1940–1941[source] | — |
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| Produced | 1941–1943[source] | — |
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| Shell weight | 3.05 kg (6 lb 12 oz)[source] | — |
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| Elevation | 45° to 85°[source] | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | 5° to 25° (using traversing mechanism)[source] | 7°[source] |
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| Sights | MPB-82[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Edgar Brandt[source] |
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| Variants | — | Type 31[source] |
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| Shell | — | 3 lb (1.4 kg)[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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