M-160 mortar vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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AMortars

M-160 mortar

Mortar

Credit

George Shuklin · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

M2 mortar — licensed reference photograph

BMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

Credit

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

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

M-160 mortarlarger figure on 4 of 4

Mass+7637%
Barrel length+527%
Calibre+167%
Muzzle velocity+117%

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

16 of 53 rows sourced on both sides

1.5t

19kg

Mass+7637%

All recorded figures & sources

1,470 kg

Mass

Single source

1,470 kilograms (3,240 lb)^[source]

19 kg

Mass

Single source

Configuration

Details

M-160 mortar and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	M-160 mortar	M2 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1953–present^[source]	—
Wars	Arab–Israeli conflict Vietnam War Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Iran–Iraq War Syrian civil 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]

Manufacturer	Tula Plant No. 535 (now Tulamashzavod ) V111, V113 and V125 Plant (Vietnam)^[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

Tula Plant No. 535 (now Tulamashzavod ) V111, V113 and V125 Plant (Vietnam)^[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

Produced	1949–1957 (USSR) 1974 (Vietnam, with support from USSR)^[source]	—

No. built	2,353 (USSR) 100 (Vietnam)^[source]	—

Variants	See variants^[source]	Type 31^[source]

Shell	41.5 kilograms (91 lb) bomb^[source]	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

Elevation	+50° to +80°^[source]	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	24°^[source]	7°^[source]

Used by	—	United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam^[source]

Designer	—	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Reported operators	Reported operator · Russia Reported operator · Cambodia Reported operator · Egypt Reported operator · Syria	Reported operator · Egypt 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 · 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