How to recognise mortars
5 mortars in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- No photo yet2B11 120 mmMortars · Soviet Union
120 mm tube with a round base plate and bipod, moved on a two-wheeled carriage as part of the 2S12 Sani system.
- No photo yet2B14 PodnosMortars · Soviet Union
82 mm tube on a bipod with a round, ribbed base plate; breaks down into man-pack loads for its four-man crew.
- No photo yetL16 / M252 81 mmMortars · United Kingdom
81 mm tube with cooling fins around its lower part, a K-shaped bipod and a round base plate.
- No photo yetM224 60 mmMortars · USA
Light 60 mm tube with a bipod and a round base plate; can also be fired hand-held with a small rectangular base plate.
- No photo yetSoltam K6 / M120 120 mmMortars · Israel
Heavy 120 mm tube on a bipod with a large round base plate; towed on a small two-wheeled carriage or mounted in a vehicle.