M19 mortar vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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AI-generated illustration · Not a photograph — Representative exterior of M19 mortar

AMortars

M19 mortar

Infantry 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

M19 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

M2 mortarlarger figure on 2 of 2

Range+141%
Muzzle velocity+78%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

21 of 63 rows sourced on both sides

819mm

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

0.819 m

Length

Single source

81.9 cm (2 ft 8.2 in)^[source]

23.4kgM5 mount

19kg

Mass

Configuration

Details

M19 mortar and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	M19 mortar	M2 mortar
Type	Infantry mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[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	Korean War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Salvadoran 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

Manufacturer	Watervliet Arsenal^[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

Watervliet Arsenal^[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

Shell weight	1.36 kg (3 lb 0 oz)^[source]	—

Elevation	+40° to +85° on M5 mount free on M1 mount^[source]	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	14° on M5 mount free on M1 mount^[source]	7°^[source]

Feed system	manual^[source]	—

Designer	—	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Variants	—	Type 31^[source]

Shell	—	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

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