SPG-9 vs Two-inch mortar: Specs Compared

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AArtillery

SPG-9

Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun

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Polanksy kolbe · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArtillery

Two-inch mortar

Light mortar

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

SPG-9Length

2.11 m

Length source ↗

Two-inch mortarLength

0.53 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

SPG-9larger figure on 2 of 3

Length+298%
Range+74%

Two-inch mortarlarger figure on 1 of 3

Rate of fire+45%

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

Measured figures

Head to head

11 of 71 rows sourced on both sides

2.11m

530mm

Length+298%

All recorded figures & sources

2.11 m

Length

Single source

2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)^[source]

0.53 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

SPG-9 and Two-inch mortar configuration
Specification	SPG-9	Two-inch mortar
Type	Recoilless gun Anti-tank gun^[source]	Light mortar^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	United Kingdom^[source]
In service	1962–present^[source]	—
Wars	Vietnam War Iran–Iraq War Salvadoran Civil War Lord's Resistance Army insurgency Gulf War Lebanese Civil War Iraq War Second Sudanese Civil War Third Sudanese Civil War Libyan Civil Wars Northern Mali conflict Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013-2017) War in Donbas Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen 2022 Kyrgyzstan–Tajikistan clashes Russo-Ukraine War Gaza war^[source]	World War II Korean War Sino-Indian War Biafran War

Breech	Interrupted screw^[source]	—

Recoil	None^[source]	—

Carriage	Tripod^[source]	—

Elevation	+7°/−3°^[source]	45-90°^[source]

Traverse	30° total^[source]	—

Feed system	Manually breech-loaded^[source]	—

Sights	PGO-9 optical 4× sight or PGN-9 IR and passive night sight^[source]	—

Barrel length	Длина ствола , мм 1850^[source]	—

Used by	—	British Commonwealth armies other users^[source]

Designed	—	1937^[source]

Variants	—	Mark 8 "airborne"^[source]

Shell	—	High explosive: 2 lb 2 oz (960 g). Smoke: 2 pounds (910 g) Illuminating: 1 lb 5 oz (600 g)^[source]

Action	—	Trip^[source]

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