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M2 4.2-inch mortar is a mortar originating in United States. Reported operators include U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps.
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Mortar
United States
1943–1974 (United States) 1943–present
U.S. Army U.S. Marine Corps
World War II Korean War First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Laotian Civil War Portuguese Colonial War
U.S. Chemical Warfare Service
151 kg (332.89 lbs)
1.22 m (4 ft)
1 m (3 ft 3 in)
11–13 kg (24 lb 4 oz – 28 lb 11 oz)
107 mm (4.2 in)
5 rpm for 20 minutes 1 rpm indefinitely
250–256 m/s (820–840 ft/s)
515 m (563.21 yd)
4.4 km (2.7 mi)
Austria : used as of 1984
Brazil : used as of 1984
Belgium : used as of 1984
Bolivia : used as of 1984
Cambodia : used as of 1984
Republic of China (1912-1949) : used in the Burma campaign
Colombia : used as of 1984
Cyprus : used as of 1984
Ethiopia : used as of 1984
France
Greece : used as of 1984
Guatemala : used as of 1984
Japan : used as of 1984 All M2s were replaced by MO-120-RT by 2010.
Laos : used as of 1984
North Vietnam
Panama Used by the Panama Defense Forces
Paraguay : used as of 1984
Philippines : used as of 1984
Portugal : known as m/951
Republic of Korea : The Armed Forces began receiving M2s after the outbreak of the Korean War , and 254 were in service by the end of the war. Began replacing with M30 or KM30 in 1970s.
South Vietnam
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M2 4.2-inch mortar equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.