The term Commando mortar refers to a class of lightweight infantry mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment with a caliber of or less in diameter, at the expense of accuracy and repeatability. The earliest models were introduced from the 1930s.
Commando mortars often feature design simplifications such as straps instead of bipods, carrying handles, and limited aiming equipment. Some of these straps are marked with measurements, with the intent that the mortarman step on a marked point of the sling and pull it taut, at which point the mortar will be angled so as to fire to the range marked at that point of the sling.
Users : Type 10 and Type 89 grenade discharger 50mm, second world war.US Army manual TM-E 30-480 at hyperwar, Type 10 and 89 dischargers Taki, archived by the Internet Archive : "Spade Mortar" 37mm, second world war.battlefield.ru page, rkka.ru page (russian), archived by the Internet Archive : Hirtenberger M6C-210 Commando Mortar 60mmHirtenberger AG M6 60 mm Mortars (old product line), archived by the Internet Archive : Denel Land Systems M-1 60mm commando mortarTactical Weapons, May 2010 Issue. Guns of the Elite: Multi-Mission Warriors, page 93. : Denel LS "patrol mortar" or M-4 Commando Mortar 60mm, archived by the Internet Archive : DIO "Marsh mortar" 37mm37 mm Marsh mortar Jane's Infantry Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive : L9A1 51 mm Light Mortar51mm Light Mortar British Army, archived by the Internet Archive : LGI Mle F1 51mm mortier légerLGI Specifications (french), archived by the Internet Archive : INDEP M/968 60mm : M70 Mortar 60mm : BA-100 60 mm Mortar. : MA-9 60 mm Mortar. : Soltam C03 Mortar 60mm : DIO HADID 60 mm HM12 and HM13 Commando mortarsHADID 60 mortars Jane's Infantry Weapons, archived by the Internet Archive : ECIA Mortar 60mm : DC-M37C1 60mm Patrol Mortar : MKEK 60mm Commando Mortar : M6C-640, light mortar 60mm : Royal Thai Army Ordnance 60mm Mortar WPC A3 (Commando) : STC Delta GNM-60 mkudro 60mmGNM-60 mortar STC Delta website, archived by the Internet Archive : LRM vz. 99 ANTOS 60mm mortarArticle about 60 mm ANTOS mortar (pol.) adopted by Czechia, Jordania, Poland, archived by the Internet Archive : Al-Jaleel 60mm Commando Mortar Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
See also Coehorn Grenade launcher List of infantry mortars
References
External links Jane's Infantry Weapons — Weblink to older 2002 reference issue.