120 Krh/40

Finnish 120 mm heavy mortar 120 Krh/40 Granatkastare modell 41 Revinge 2015.jpg Finland Heavy mortar yes yes 1940–present Finnish armySwedish armyEstonian armyGerman armyLatvian armyLithuanian armyPortuguese army Continuation WarRussian invasion of Ukraine Tampella Tampella 596 by Tampella 260 kg on 189 cm on 120 mm on up to 20 rounds/minute 116-290 m/s onhttp://www.jaegerplatoon.net/MORTARS6.htm Finnish Army 1918 - 1945: 120 Mm Mortars 7200 m yd 120 Krh/40 is a 120 mm mortar developed by the Finnish company Tampella (now Patria Vammas). Use in Sweden thumb|An m/41 mortar at a Regimental Day at the South Scanian Regiment. thumb|Loading the mortar into a cart. The 120 Krh/40 first entered service in 1940 after being ordered the previous year by Finland. It was exported to Sweden between 1941 and 1944 and later produced under license there. A total of 219 were exported by Tampella. The Swedish military calls them 12 cm sv granatkastare m/41 and they have continued to serve as the standard heavy mortar of the Swedish Army. In 1956, their base-plates were replaced by Swedish-manufactured Hotchkiss-Brandt M-56 baseplates.m/41D 120 mm mortar (Sweden), Mortars http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/m-41D-120-mm-mortar-Sweden.html Jane's Infantry Weapons 5 August 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120911031120/http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Infantry-Weapons/m-41D-120-mm-mortar-Sweden.html 11 September 2012 17 March 2019 live 2016, 165 m/41D are still in service in the Estonian Land ForcesThe Military Balance 2016 February 2016 116 9781857438352 Routlegde The Military Balance 2016 International Institute for Strategic Studies International Institute for Strategic Studies 91 and 22 are held by the Lithuanian Armed Forces.UN Register: Military holdings - Lithuania 2016 http://www.un-register.org/NationalHoldings/CountryDetail.aspx?Register_Id=14417 www.un-register.org 28 June 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180126012539/http://www.un-register.org/NationalHoldings/CountryDetail.aspx?Register_Id=14417 26 January 2018 dead They got a major increase in lethality when the STRIX top attack anti armour round was introduced in the 1990s; it is a smart weapon that homes in on the IR signature of armoured vehicles. See also Soltam M-65 – an Israeli copy of Krh/40 using a new base plate Soltam K6 – further development of M-65 References External links Category:Tampella Category:120 mm mortars Category:Infantry mortars Category:Mortars of Sweden Category:World War II artillery of Finland Category:Mortars of Finland Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 1940