M2 mortar vs M57 mortar: Specs Compared

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M2 mortar — licensed reference photograph

AMortars

M2 mortar

Infantry mortar

Credit

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

BMortars

M57 mortar

Infantry mortar

Credit

Тснена at Serbian Wikipedia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

M2 mortarlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

M57 mortarlarger figure on 2 of 2

Mass+4%
Rate of fire+53%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 58 rows sourced on both sides

19kg

19.7kg

Mass+4%

All recorded figures & sources

19 kg

Mass

Single source

42 lb (19 kg)^[source]

19.7 kg

Mass

Single source

Configuration

Details

M2 mortar and M57 mortar configuration
Specification	M2 mortar	M57 mortar
Type	Infantry mortar^[source]	Infantry mortar^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Yugoslavia^[source]
Used by	United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam^[source]	—
Wars	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]	South African Border War Yugoslav Wars Second Liberian Civil War Mali War

Designer	Edgar Brandt^[source]	Military Technical Institute^[source]

Variants	Type 31^[source]	—

Shell	3 lb (1.4 kg)^[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	PPT Namenska^[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

PPT Namenska^[source]

In service	—	1957–present^[source]

Feed system	—	Manual^[source]

Sights	—	NSB-1^[source]

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