Commando mortar

The term Commando mortar refers to a class of lightweight infantry mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment, at the expense of accuracy and repeatability. Earliest models had been introduced from the 1930s onwards.

Austrian Hirtenberger M6C-210

Commando mortars often feature design simplifications such as straps instead of bipods, carrying handles, and limited aiming equipment. Some of these straps are marked with measurements, with the intent that the mortarman step on a marked point of the sling and pull it taut, at which point the mortar will be angled so as to fire to the range marked at that point of the sling.

Users

Sources
  • Jane's Infantry Weapons — Weblink to older 2002 reference issue.
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References
  1. US Army manual TM-E 30-480 at hyperwar, Type 10 and 89 dischargers Taki, archived by the Internet Archive
  2. battlefield.ru page, rkka.ru page (russian), archived by the Internet Archive
  3. Hirtenberger AG M6 60 mm Mortars (old product line), archived by the Internet Archive
  4. Tactical Weapons, May 2010 Issue. Guns of the Elite: Multi-Mission Warriors, page 93.
  5. "M4 60 mm Commando Mortar System" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019., archived by the Internet Archive
  6. 37 mm Marsh mortar Jane's Infantery Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive
  7. 51mm Light Mortar British Army, archived by the Internet Archive
  8. LGI Specifications (french), archived by the Internet Archive
  9. HADID 60 mortars Jane's Infantery Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive
  10. "60 mm COMMANDO MORTAR, Product Details". Archived from the original on 2011-09-13. Retrieved 2019-03-21.
  11. GNM-60 mortar STC Delta website, archived by the Internet Archive
  12. Article about 60 mm ANTOS mortar (pol.) adopted by Czechia, Jordania, Poland, archived by the Internet Archive
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