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MortarsIn service
Infantry mortar
M2 mortar is a infantry mortar originating in United States. Reported operators include United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam.
United StatesInfantry mortar
United States
United States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam
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
Edgar Brandt
Type 31
42 lb (19 kg)
2 ft 5 in (726 mm)
5 (squad leader, gunner, assistant gunner, two ammunition carriers)
3 lb (1.4 kg)
60 mm (2.36 in)
+40° to +85°
7°
18 rounds per minute
520 ft/s (158 m/s)
1.1 mi (1.8 km)
Albania
Austria
Australia
Bangladesh
Republic of China
China
Denmark
Egypt
Ethiopian Empire
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
North Korea
South Korea
Lebanon
Mexico
Morocco
Pakistan
Portugal
Turkey
Thailand
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Republic of South Vietnam
Vietnam
In January 1940, the first production contract for 1,500 mortars was issued to the Read Machinery Company of York, Pennsylvania .
As requirements rose in 1940, another contract was placed with the Danville, Pennsylvania -based Kennedy-Van Saun Engineering Company.
The War Department ordered Kennedy-Van Saun to increase production, and also added a contract from the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company ; production of the M2 during the first eight months of 1945 totaled 30,152, nearly equaling that of the previous three years.
China (the Republic of China prior to 1949) also locally produced the M2 mortar, which was designated as the Type 31 . After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, some Type 31s were supplied to North Korea and North Vietnam . It was later modified as the Type 63 and were supplied to Mujahideen rebels during Soviet–Afghan War . A variant called Type 63-1 has been produced under license by the Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited and by the Helwan Machine Tools Company in Egypt.
China (the Republic of China prior to 1949) also locally produced the M2 mortar, which was designated as the Type 31 . After the People's Republic of China was established in 1949, some Type 31s were supplied to North Korea and North Vietnam . It was later modified as the Type 63 and were supplied to Mujahideen rebels during Soviet–Afghan War . A variant called Type 63-1 has been produced under license by the Pakistan Machine Tool Factory Limited and by the Helwan Machine Tools Company in Egypt.
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Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 0.726 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
M2 mortar equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Albania
Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
ChadArmy exact named equipment holdings: M2. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARTILLERY / 105mm. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
China
Denmark
Egypt
France
Greece
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Indonesia
Iraq
Japan
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Mexico
Morocco
North Korea
Pakistan
Portugal
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
Türkiye United States
VietnamUnited States France Israel South Korea Republic of China China Turkey North Vietnam South Vietnam Vietnam
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