Tags: Weapon.
The Type 2 12 cm mortar is a smooth bore muzzle-loading type mortar which except for the firing mechanism closely resembles the conventional Stokes-Brandt 81 mm mortar. The bipod and cradle of the two types of mortars are identical except for size and the fact that the bipod legs can be removed as a unit from the cradle of the 120 mm mortar. The large ribbed base plate has only one socket for the spherical projection on the barrel. A Type 2 120 mm mortar was reported captured at Leyte.
