107mm M1938 mortar

Soviet mortar 107mm mortar M1938 107 mm mozdzierz wz 38 tyl.jpg 300 107mm mortar M1938 in White Eagle Museum Soviet Union Heavy mortar yes yes 1943–1975 (Soviet Union)1938–present World War IIKorean WarKorean War Order of Battle: United States, United Nations, and Communist Ground, Naval, and Air Forces, 1950–1953 Gordon L. Rottman 198 December 2002 Praeger 978-0-275-97835-8 https://books.google.com/books?id=NpOp2OO1-DAC&pg=PA198Vietnam WarLaotian Civil WarLebanese Civil WarAfghan Wars2011 Libyan civil war 1936 170 kg lb 1.67 m ftin 5 9.1 kg lb bomb 107 mm in 15 rpm 302 m/s ft/s 6.3 km mi muzzle loaded 45° to 80° 3° 107 mm TNT 1.0 kg lboz (OF-841A) The Soviet 107mm M1938 mortar was a scaled-down version of the 120mm M1938 mortar intended for use by mountain troops and light enough to be towed by animals on a cart.Ian Hogg (ed.), Jane's Infantry Weapons 1984-85, p. 636, London: Jane's Publishing Company Ltd., 1984 History In World War II, the 107mm mortar saw service with Soviet mountain infantry as a divisional artillery weapon.Steven Zaloga and Leland Ness, Red Army Handbook 1939-1945, p. 47, Phoenix Mill: Sutton, 1998 Weapons captured by the Germans were given the designation 10.7 cm Gebirgsgranatwerfer 328(r).https://archive.org/details/mortarsrockets0000cham/page/31 Mortars and rockets Chamberlain Peter 1975 Arco Pub. Co 31 Gander, Terry 0668038179 New York 2067459 Its last significant use in battle was in the Vietnam War. The ability to break down the weapon made it particularly suited to the rugged terrain of Vietnam.skysoldier17.com The mortar fired a light HE round (OF-841) and a heavy HE round (OF-841A). The lighter HE round actually carried a larger bursting charge than the heavier HE round.Defense Intelligence Agency, Projectile Fragment Identification Guide, pp. 201-202, Washington: GPO, 1973 Both rounds used GVMZ-series point detonation fuzes. Recently, the weapon has been seen in use by rebel forces during the 2011 Libyan civil war.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwdqzTlXvl8 الثوارعلى مشارف البريقة (01) Ajdabiya 2011.07.17 .MP4 YouTube Users AfghanistanAfghanistan, Arms and Conflict: Armed Groups, Disarmament and Security in a Post-War Society Michael Vinai Bhatia Mark Sedra Routledge Small Arms Survey Small Arms Survey 978-0-415-45308-0 https://books.google.com/books?id=P4N9AgAAQBAJ 66 May 2008 Nazi Germany LaosNational inventories, Laos Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001-2002 https://archive.org/details/Janes_Infantry_Weapons/page/n3085 3085 22 November 2000 Terry J. Gander Kazakhstanhttp://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/fileadmin/docs/A-Yearbook/2012/eng/Small-Arms-Survey-2012-Chapter-04-EN.pdf Blue Skies and Dark Clouds: Kazakhstan and Small Arms Small Arms Survey 2012: Moving Targets Cambridge University Press 2012 Small Arms Survey Small Arms Survey 131 978-0-521-19714-4 2018-08-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20180831002411/http://www.smallarmssurvey.org/publications/by-type/yearbook/small-arms-survey-2012.html 2018-08-31 dead Russia Soviet Union Vietnam107 mm M-38 mortar Jane's Infantry Weapons 2002-2003 https://archive.org/details/Janes_Infantry_Weapons/page/n3685 3685–3686 4 June 2001 Terry J. Gander and many others See also Weapons of comparable role, performance and era Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar - British equivalent M2 4.2 inch mortar - US equivalent Notes External links OF-841 round OF-841A round Category:World War II infantry mortars of the Soviet Union Category:107 mm artillery Category:World War II mountain artillery Category:Soviet chemical weapons program Category:Chemical weapon delivery systems Category:Military equipment introduced in the 1930s