LLR 81mm vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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LLR 81mm — licensed reference photograph

AMortars

LLR 81mm

Mortar

Credit

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

M2 mortar — licensed reference photograph

BMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

LLR 81mmlarger figure on 1 of 2

Barrel length+126%

M2 mortarlarger figure on 1 of 2

Rate of fire+13%

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 56 rows sourced on both sides

45.2kgtotal

19kg

Mass

All recorded figures & sources

18.3 kg

barrel

Single source

14.6 kg

base

Single source

Configuration

Details

LLR 81mm and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	LLR 81mm	M2 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	France^[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	Battle of Kolwezi (MO-81-61-C) Rhodesian Bush War War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) Northern Mali Conflict Central African Civil War 2025 India–Pakistan strikes^[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

Designed	1997^[source]	—

Produced	1997 - present^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Thales^[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

Thales^[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

Designer	—	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Variants	—	Type 31^[source]

Shell	—	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

Elevation	—	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	—	7°^[source]

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