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Unknown Mortar ww2
- Thread starter Maarten
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Thats the 120 mm
The mortar as shown by Maarten is a Soviet* 120-HM 38 and was copied (during WW2) by the German forces.
[snipping page 192 B&N weapons of ww2]
..As the Germans moved across the USSR in 1941 and 1942 they were much
impressed by the firepower of the 120-HM 38. Being on the receiving end of the
weapon's efficiency on many occasions, they had good reason to note the power
of the bomb's warhead and they decided to adopt the design for themselves.
This was known to them as the 12-cm Granatwerfer 42 (12-cm GrW 42) and it was
widely issued, even taking the place of infantry guns with some infantry formations,
Thus the same weapon was in use on both sides during the fighting on the Eastern Front.
[..end]
pics attached.. (pic 2 shows the pedestal in Maartens photograph), pic 3 is a 12-cm GrW 42
PS: * i am refering to the original USSR design, this could also be a Beutewaffe or German production
[snipping page 192 B&N weapons of ww2]
..As the Germans moved across the USSR in 1941 and 1942 they were much
impressed by the firepower of the 120-HM 38. Being on the receiving end of the
weapon's efficiency on many occasions, they had good reason to note the power
of the bomb's warhead and they decided to adopt the design for themselves.
In the short term they simply used as many captured examples as they could, under
the designation 12-cm Granatwerfer 378(r), but they then went one better and copied
the design exactly for production in Germany.
the designation 12-cm Granatwerfer 378(r), but they then went one better and copied
the design exactly for production in Germany.
This was known to them as the 12-cm Granatwerfer 42 (12-cm GrW 42) and it was
widely issued, even taking the place of infantry guns with some infantry formations,
Thus the same weapon was in use on both sides during the fighting on the Eastern Front.
[..end]
pics attached.. (pic 2 shows the pedestal in Maartens photograph), pic 3 is a 12-cm GrW 42
PS: * i am refering to the original USSR design, this could also be a Beutewaffe or German production
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And used by the army of France from 1944 into the 50's