The M252 81 mm medium weight mortar is a British designed smooth bore muzzle-loading high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to light infantry air assault and airborne units across the entire front of a battalion zone of influence. In the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps it is normally deployed in the mortar platoon of an infantry battalion.
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length (km)
1.27
weight (kg)
41300.0
origin
United Kingdom, Canada
type
Mortar (weapon)
used in war
War in Afghanistan (2001–present), Iraq War, Gulf War
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