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Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | E44-E 81 mm Mortar | M2 mortar |
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| Type | 81 mm infantry mortar[source] | Infantry mortar[source] |
| Manufacturer | EBO[source] EAS ( Hellenic Arms Industry )[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 |
squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, two ammunition carriers
Single source5 (squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, two ammunition carriers)[source]
Maximum; Maximum firing range
Single source1.1 mi (1.8 km)[source]
Barrel length
Single source2 ft 5 in (726 mm)[source]
Rate of fire
Single source18 rounds per minute[source]
Muzzle velocity
Single source520 ft/s (158 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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
| Used by | Hellenic Army[source] | United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam[source] |
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| Role | efficient and accurate indirect firepower at the company and battalion level[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | Greece[source]Inventory Origin column; table 5, row 21, cell 2; revision 1377289840; retrieved 2026-09-30 | — |
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| Place of origin | — | United States[source] |
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| 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] |
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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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| Elevation | — | +40° to +85°[source] |
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| Traverse | — | 7°[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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