M1 Mortar

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
Wheels of Fire		Scourge's Men		1985
Seven Years in Tibet		Chinese People's Liberation Army soldiers		1997
Rambo		Junta troops, Karen rebels		2008
Day of the Falcon (Or noir)		Nasib's oilfield guards		2011
Hacksaw Ridge		Imperial Japanese soldiers		2016

Television

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

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Battlefield: Vietnam				2004
Company of Heroes 2				2013