HM 16 vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of HM 16

AMortars

HM 16

Mortar

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Credit

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M2 mortar — licensed reference photograph

BMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

HM 16larger figure on 4 of 5

Mass+629%
Range+300%
Barrel length+138%
Calibre+100%

M2 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 5

Rate of fire+80%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

13 of 52 rows sourced on both sides

138.5kg

19kg

Mass+629%

All recorded figures & sources

138.5 kg

Mass

Single source

138.5 kg^[source]

19 kg

Mass

Single source

Configuration

Details

HM 16 and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	HM 16	M2 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Iran^[source]	United States^[source]
Used by	See users^[source]	United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam^[source]
Wars	Sudanese civil war (2023–present)^[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

Manufacturer	Defense Industries Organization^[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

Defense Industries Organization^[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

Elevation	45° to 85°^[source]	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	360°^[source]	7°^[source]

Designer	—	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Variants	—	Type 31^[source]

Shell	—	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

Reported operators	Reported operator · Iran Reported operator · Sudan Reported operator · Syria Reported operator · Ukraine Reported operator · Russia	Reported operator · Albania Reported operator · Austria Reported operator · Australia Reported operator · Bangladesh Reported operator · Republic of China Reported operator · China Reported operator · Denmark Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Ethiopian Empire Reported operator · France Reported operator · Greece Reported operator · Guatemala Reported operator · Haiti Reported operator · Indonesia Reported operator · Iraq Reported operator · Japan Reported operator · North Korea Reported operator · South Korea Reported operator · Lebanon Reported operator · Mexico Reported operator · Morocco Reported operator · Pakistan Reported operator · Portugal Reported operator · Turkey Reported operator · Thailand Reported operator · United States Reported operator · South Vietnam Reported operator · North Vietnam Reported operator · Republic of South Vietnam Reported operator · Vietnam