Type 89 60mm mortar manual

M2 60mm Mortar Easily carried by two men, effective range about 1,000 yards, HE fragment rounds' killing radius 17 yards, usually deployed one per rifle platoon, very efficient in weight compared to destructiveness, the M2 60mm mortar was the Infantryman's artillery. Save inert mortar to get e-mail alerts and updates on your eBay Feed. + Chinese Training Type 31 60mm Mortar 1965 Training Aid Dependences Chalk. $195.00. or Best Offer New Listing JAPANESE CHEMICAL AMMO,ORDNANCE MARKINGS COLOR,BOMB,SHELL,MORTAR WW2 CD manual. Brand New. Interestingly, you see a lot of the Type 89 in the US M19 60mm mortar. This was a lightened redesign of the original M2. Last edited by T. A. Gardner ; 07 Apr 17, 18:07 . Type 89 knee mortar had much better range than any WW2 rifle grenades, but was bulkier. The benefit of the rifle grenade was that only a small attachment to the muzzle, some blank cartridges, and the grenades themselves were needed, so any rifleman could, in theory, carry it. The knee mortar was 10 lbs alone, a separate weapon to be carried. Moreover, the Antos (like the South African M4 60mm) can be carried loaded I believe, while the M224 cannot. This puts it somewhere in-between the M224, M3 MAAWS, and AT4 in the kind of weapon it is. Not unprecedented at all, as you can see I reference the 1920s-era Type 89 mortar in the tags. It has a spring-type shock absorber to absorb the shock of recoil in firing. The M224 60mm mortar replaced the older (WWII era) M2 and M19, 60mm Mortars. These weapons only possessed 2,200 yards Find great deals on eBay for ww2 mortar shell. Shop with confidence. Skip to main content 1/6 Scale Japanese Knee Mortar & Shell, Type 89, WW2, 21st Century Toys. Brand New. $9.00. Time left 2d 12h WW2 green Ammunition bag m2 with 6 60 mm mortar cardboard tube . Pre-Owned. $79.99. Buy It The US army's company mortar, the 60mm M224, can be fired without its manual of arms and maintinance routines as the existing 60mm weapons in service. Best known weapon of this type is the Japanese 50mm Model 89 "Knee" mortar. Section II. COMPONENTS The 60-mm mortar, M224, can be fired in the conventional mode or handheld mode (Figure 3-1). The mortar is a muzzle-loaded, smooth-bore, high-angle-of-fire weapon. The Type 89 Light Mortar, Type 89 Grenade Discharger, or "Knee Mortar" was a small knee mortar used by Japan during World War II. It fired 50mm Type 89 Shells and could even be fitted to fire the Type 91 Grenade. The rate of fire for the mortar was about twenty-five rounds per minute. 60mm Mortar. The mortar is the infantry's own artillery, ready to go at a moment's notice at the order of the unit commander. The 60mm (2.36 inch) mortar was developed to give the infantry a lightweight, easily man-carried mortar for indirect fire support of small units (platoon/company). The Infantry Journal - 81mm Mortar Handbook goes further to list additional equipment. Sight, M4 - The sight, M4, provided with the 81mm mortar for laying in elevation and direction, is likewise the standard sight for the 60mm mortar. The sight includes a collimator, elevating and lateral deflection mechanism, and longitudinal and cross levels The Infantry Journal - 81mm Mortar Handbook goes further to list additional equipment. Sight, M4 - The sight, M4, provided with the 81mm mortar for laying in elevation and direction, is likewise the standard sight for the 60mm mortar. The sight includes a collimator, elevating and lateral deflection mechanism, and longitudinal and cross levels The Type 93 (also known as PP93) is the latest dev