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Infantry mortar
M29 mortar is a infantry mortar originating in United States. Reported operators include Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, South Korea, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen.
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Infantry mortar
United States
1952–present
See Users
Korean War Bay of Pigs Invasion Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Nicaraguan Revolution Salvadoran Civil War
42.4 kilograms (93 lb)
81 mm (3.2 in)
manual
Bangladesh − 11 M29A1 as of 2025
Bolivia − 250 as of 2025
Brazil − 18 as of 2025, used by the Marines
Chile
Costa Rica
Ecuador − 357 as of 2025
El Salvador − 151 as of 2025
Ethiopia
Fiji
Honduras
Indonesia
Iran
Jordan
South Korea − Produced under license by Daewoo as the KM29A1. Used by the Army and Marines as of 2025
Lebanon
Liberia
Luxembourg
Nepal
Nigeria
Panama
Philippines
Saudi Arabia
Suriname
Taiwan − 160+ as of 2025, including self-propelled mounts
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Yemen
Austria − Designated as 8.1 cm GrW M29/65
Cyprus
Denmark
Greece
Italy
Japan − Produced locally as the Type 64
Myanmar
Netherlands
Sweden
United States − Replaced by the M252
South Vietnam
Vietnam
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M29 mortar equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Army exact named equipment holdings: M29A1. 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 / 81mm. 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.
Approximate count for M29. Service scope: Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: ~357. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for M29. Service scope: Salvadoran Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 151. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for M29. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 203. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for M29 mortar. Service scope: Royal Jordanian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 1,450. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for M29 mortar · M29. Service scope: Philippine Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 400. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for M29A1. Service scope: Portuguese Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity: 130. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Lower-bound count for M29. Service scope: Republic of China Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 160+. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. 2024 cited source edition. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
Reported count for M29 · M29-A1 M29-E1. Service scope: Turkish Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): number: 3175. Origin: United States. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Bangladesh, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Honduras, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, South Korea, Lebanon, Liberia, Luxembourg, Nepal, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Suriname, Taiwan, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
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