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Mortar
Soltam M-65 is a mortar originating in Israel. It was built by Soltam Systems. Reported operators include Honduras, Israel, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, United States.
Technical data
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 120 mm | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
Mortar
Israel
See Operators
Six-Day War Yom Kippur War Lebanese Civil War 1978 South Lebanon conflict Nicaraguan Revolution 1982 Lebanon War South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000) South African Border War Internal conflict in Myanmar
Tampella
1953
Soltam Systems
231 kg (firing position), 351 kg (travelling)
6
Standard 120mm NATO mortar round
120 mm
M151 Jeep style carriage wheels
+30°/+80°
-20°/+20°
1st minute: 16 rounds burst, 4 rounds per minute sustained thereafter.
6500m
Honduras
Israel
Myanmar
Nicaragua
Singapore
South Africa
Turkey
United States
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Soltam M-65 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Army exact named equipment holdings: M-65. 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 / 120mm. 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.
Reported count for Soltam M-65. 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: 30. Origin: Israel. 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.
Army exact named equipment holdings: M-65. 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 / 120mm. 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.
Reported count for Soltam M-65. Service scope: Myanmar Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 100. Origin: Israel. 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.
Army exact named equipment holdings: M-65. 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 / 120mm. 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.
Reported count for Soltam M-65 · K6. 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. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): number: 179. Origin: Israel. 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.
Honduras, Israel, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Singapore, South Africa, Turkey, United States
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