Mortars of World War II :: WWII Infantry Weapons

Allied Nations:

United States:

– 60mm M2:

– 81mm M1:

Soviet Union:

– 50mm RM39/40:

– 82mm BM41/BM43:

Britain:

– 2-in Mortar:

– 3-in Mortar:

Axis Nations:

Germany:

– 5cm Granatwerfer 36 (Gr.W. 36):

• 50-mm Light Mortar - U.S. intel comparison of German 5cm mortar to U.S. 60-mm mortar (IB, 1/43)
• 5-cm Light Mortar, Model 36

– 8cm Granatwerfer 34 (Gr.W. 34):

– 12cm Granatwerfer 42 (Gr.W. 42):

– Other German Mortars:

• German 100-mm Mortar - Nebelwerfer, smoke and HE mortar (T&TT, 5/43)
• New Type 105-mm Mortar - Brief report on "new-type" 105-mm mortar (T&TT, 5/43)
• German 200-mm Spigot Mortar - Ladungswerfer, engineer weapon (T&TT, 9/43)

Italy:

– 45mm Model 35:

– 81mm Model 35:

• Italian 81-mm Mortar - Italian Model 35 compared to US 81-mm (IB, 1/43)

Japan:

– 50mm Model 89:

– 81mm Model 97/99:

– 90mm Model 94/97:

– Other Japanese Mortars:

• New Weapons Captured at Ormoc - Japanese 120-mm mortar and 81-mm barrage mortar (IB, 3/45)
• Japanese 150-mm Mortar - Model 97 150-mm mortar with illustrations (IB, 2/45)