M2 4.2-inch mortar vs M2 mortar: Specs Compared

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AMortars

M2 4.2-inch mortar

Mortar

BMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

Credit

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First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

M2 4.2-inch mortarlarger figure on 5 of 5

Mass+695%
Range+144%
Barrel length+38%
Calibre+78%
Muzzle velocity+60%

M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 5

None

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

Measured figures

Head to head

20 of 62 rows sourced on both sides

1.22m

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Length

All recorded figures & sources

1.22 m

Length

Single source

1.22 m (4 ft)^[source]

151kg

19kg

Mass

Configuration

Details

M2 4.2-inch mortar and M2 mortar configuration
Specification	M2 4.2-inch mortar	M2 mortar
Type	Mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	United States^[source]
In service	1943–1974 (United States) 1943–present^[source]	—
Used by	U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps^[source]	United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam^[source]

Wars	World War II Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial 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]

Designer	U.S. Chemical Warfare Service^[source]	Edgar Brandt^[source]

Shell	11–13 kg (24 lb 4 oz – 28 lb 11 oz)^[source]	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[source]

Variants	—	Type 31^[source]

Elevation	—	+40° to +85°^[source]

Traverse	—	7°^[source]

Manufacturer	—	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

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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

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