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The Type 89 Grenade Discharger (八九式重擲弾筒 Hachikyū-shiki jū-tekidantō) inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II.

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length (km)
0.61
weight (kg)
4700.0
origin
Empire of Japan
type
Grenade launcher
used in war
World War II, Indonesian National Revolution, Second Sino-Japanese War, Soviet–Japanese border conflicts

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