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| ''[[Fighting Seabees, The|The Fighting Seabees]]'' ||  || US Marine ||  || 1944
| ''[[Fighting Seabees, The|The Fighting Seabees]]'' ||  || US Marine ||  || 1944
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| ''[[Between Heaven and Hell]]'' ||  || Imperial Japanese soldiers || || 1956
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|''[[China Gate]]''|| || Vietnamese communists|| || 1957
|''[[China Gate]]''|| || Vietnamese communists|| || 1957

Revision as of 10:04, 14 October 2014

The M1 is a United States 81 millimeter caliber mortar. It was used during the World War II well into the 1950s when it was replaced by the lighter and longer ranged M29 Mortar. It was based on the French Brandt mortar.

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M1 Mortar - 81mm

Specifications

  • Weight Assembled: 136 lb (61.5 kg)
  • Tube: 44.5 lb (20 kg)
  • Mount: 46.5 lb (21 kg)
  • Base plate: 45 lb (20 kg)
  • Overall length: 3 ft 9.5 in (1.21 m)
  • Muzzle velocity (HE): 700 ft/s (213 m/s)
  • Rate of fire:
  • 18 round/min sustained
  • 30-35 round/min maximum
  • Maximum range (HE): 3,300 yd (3,000 m)
  • Sight: M4

Film

Title Actor Character Note Air Date
The Fighting Seabees US Marine 1944
Between Heaven and Hell Imperial Japanese soldiers 1956
China Gate Vietnamese communists 1957
Never So Few Chinese soldiers 1959
OSS 117: Mission for a Killer (Furia à Bahia pour OSS 117) Brazilian soldiers 1965

Television

Show Title Actor Character Note / Episode Air Date
The Pacific 2010