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Commando Mortar
The term Commando mortar refers to a class of lightweight infantry mortars designed for maximum portability and rapid deployment with a caliber of 60mm (2.4 in) or less in diameter, at the expense of accuracy and repeatability. Earliest models had been introduced from the 1930s onwards. 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. *: "Spade Mortar" 37mm, second world war. *: Hirtenberger M6C-210 Commando Mortar 60mm *: 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
L9A1 51 Mm Light Mortar
The L9A1 51 mm light mortar was a man-portable platoon-level mortar used by the British Army from 1988 to 2007. The 51 mm mortar replaced the World War II-vintage 2 inch mortar in the late 1980s. It was due to be phased out by the use of the 40 mm L17A2 underslung grenade launcher (UGL) mounted on the L85A2 service rifle; however operational experience has led to the decision to replace it with a 60mm mortar. The Hirtenberger AG M6-895 60 mm Mortar was procured in 2007 as an Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) to replace the current 51 mm Mortar on current operations. Design Ammunition for the 51 mm mortar has a small, ring-pull safety pin on the side of the nose-fuze. The fuze remains unarmed until the pin is withdrawn. Therefore, the safety pin must always be removed and discarded before a mortar shell is fired. A short range insert device allows the weapon to be used in a direct fire mode. Smoke, illuminating and high explosive An explosive (or explosive material) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Thai Army
The Royal Thai Army or RTA ( th, กองทัพบกไทย; ) is the army of Thailand and the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. History Origin The Royal Thai Army is responsible for protecting the kingdom's sovereignty. The army was formed in 1874, partly as a response to new security threats following the 1855 Bowring Treaty with Britain, which opened the country for international trade. Current In modern era, the army has a long history of coups d'état and coup attempts. Its leadership continues to see coup-making as one role of the army. On 22 May 2014 the army deposed the government, appointed military officers to the national assembly, and on 21 August 2014 they elected the army's Commander in Chief, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, as prime minister. The general retired October 2014 to concentrate on political reform which he said would take at least a year, following which he promised national elections would be held. The existence of an i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Equipment Of The Royal Netherlands Army ...
This is a list of the equipment of the Royal Netherlands Army. Vehicles Armoured vehicles Artillery Air defence Engineering vehicles Logistics vehicles Miscellaneous Unmanned aerial vehicles Infantry weapons and small arms References External links Weaponry section on the official Ministry of Defence website (in Dutch)Vehicles section on the official Ministry of Defence website (in Dutch) {{Military equipment of Europe Military equipment of the Netherlands Netherlands Army The Royal Netherlands Army ( nl, Koninklijke Landmacht) is the land branch of the Netherlands Armed Forces. Though the Royal Netherlands Army was raised on 9 January 1814, its origins date back to 1572, when the was raised – making the Dutc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MKEK
The Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation ( tr, Makina ve Kimya Endüstrisi or MKE for short), established in 1950, is a reorganization of government-controlled group of factories in Turkey that supplied the Turkish Armed Forces with military products. History Its roots lie in the "Tophane-i Amire" ("Royal Arsenal") built in the latter part of the 15th Century to supply the Ottoman Empire's artillery corps with cannon, powder, and shot. This was reorganized in 1832 as the "Tophane Müşavirliği" ("Arsenal of Ordnance and Artillery Marshalship") and was later formed in a department of "Harbiye Nezareti" (Ministry of War) in 1908. After World War I and the following " Young Turks" revolt, it was reorganized as the "General Directorate of Military Factories" in 1923. Today, the MKE is made up of 12 facilities that employ 7,430 personnel. Legal status The company's legal status has changed from state-owned enterprise to a corporation, with the Law Nr. 7330 dated July 3rd, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ECIA
Esperanza y Cia, SA (Ecia) was a defense equipment manufacturer based in the city of Markina-Xemein in province of Vizcaya, Basque Country, Spain. From its origins, Ecia had focused primarily on the design and manufacture of mortars and their ammunition. History The arms factory, Esperanza y Cia SA (Ecia) was founded in 1925 by prominent businessman (1860–1951). Esperanza-Salvador was one of the co-founders of Astra-Unceta y Cia SA. Ecia utilised the expertise which Esperanza-Salvador and had previously accumulated in Eibar and Gernika, later known as Astra-Unceta, through the signature "Esperanza and Unceta". Its first activity was the manufacture of guns, under patent from Alkartasuna Eibar, and then designed his own semi-automatic pistol (known as ECIA) and a light machine gun. The company moved to Marquina in 1933. During the Civil War, the company was controlled by the Basque Government, which moved the factory to Derio to move it away from the front and then to B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soltam
Soltam Systems ( he, סולתם מערכות) is an Israeli defense contractor located in Yokneam, Israel. The company has been developing and manufacturing advanced artillery systems, mortars, ammunition and peripheral equipment since 1952. Soltam Systems serves armed and special forces in more than 60 countries. Among the company's major customers are the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), the United States Army and NATO countries. History Soltam was founded in 1950 by Shlomo Zabludowicz as the IDF artillery manufacturer. The company was founded as a joint venture between the Israeli Solel Boneh and Luxembourg-based Salgad (Societe Anonyme Luxembourgoise de Gestion et D'Administration) which was a fully owned subsidiary of the Finnish artillery and mortar manufacturer Tampella. In 1998, Koor Industries sold Soltam to MIKAL Group. In October 2010, Soltam was sold to Elbit Systems and is now entirely owned by them. Products Artillery * ATMOS 2000 155 mm autonomous, tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myanmar Directorate Of Defence Industries
The Myanmar Directorate of Defence Industries (D.I.) ( my, ကာကွယ်ရေး ပစ္စည်းစက်ရုံများ ညွှန်ကြားရေးမှူးရုံး; BGN/PCGN: Kagwèye Passizetyônmya Hnywan-Gyayehmuyôn), commonly known as Directorate of Defence Industries, Karkweye Pyitsu Setyoun,https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/216586/1/136_Burma%E2%80%99s_secret_military_partners_(Canberra_papers_on_strategy_and_defence)_Andrew_Selth_86p_0731527755.pdf or its abbreviation, Ka Pa Sa, is a state-owned enterprise that is officially part of the Tatmadaw. DI is responsible for producing military equipment throughout the country for the Myanmar Army, the Myanmar Navy and the Myanmar Air Force. It is the only company that has monopolized firearms production. As of 2021, Lieutenant General Thein Htay is said to head the Directorate. History The DI was established in the 1950s under the General Staff Office. The first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
INDEP
INDEP - Indústrias Nacionais de Defesa, EP (Defense National Industries, Public Corporation) was a defense industry company owned by the Portuguese Government and created to replace the ''Fábrica Nacional de Munições de Armas Ligeiras'' (National Light Armament Ammunition Factory, FNMAL) and the '' Fábrica Militar do Braço de Prata'' (FMBP) under the control of the National Defense Ministry. However, these two companies never completely closed. They merged and continued to exist under the management of INDEP with the new names ''Fábrica Nacional de Munições'' (FNM) and ''Fábrica de Braço de Prata'' (FBP), respectively. The National Defense Ministry also never took complete control of INDEP and required authorization of the Finance Ministry. On its creation, many of the products FNM and FBP made were branded and marketed under INDEP. In December 1996, a new reorganization of the Portuguese government-owned defense industries started and a new holding company, EMPORDEF, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lance-grenade Individuel Mle F1 (LGI Mle F1)
The LGI Mle F1 is a lightweight, close-support infantry weapon designed to be used by one man to provide indirect fire. The LGI has been used by the French Army since the 1990s and fires high explosive, smoke, and illumination rounds. Deployment French squads include a 300 Meter fireteam called "Équipe Alpha" (consisting of a team leader armed with a Heckler & Koch HK416 and two grenadiers-voltigeurs, each armed with a Heckler & Koch HK416 assault rifle as well as an AT4 anti-tank weapon) and a 600 Meter fireteam or "Équipe Bravo" (again with a team leader equipped with Heckler & Koch HK416 and two grenadiers-voltigeurs as well with one armed with a FN Minimi light machine gun and the other with both a Heckler & Koch HK416 and LGI). Operation The launcher uses a closed combustion chamber to capture the propulsion gases. The propellant charge is inserted into the tail of each round and transmits an ignition impulse via an enclosed internal system, assuring little in the way of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane's Information Group
Jane's Information Group, now styled Janes, is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane. History Jane's Information Group was founded in 1898 by Fred T. Jane, who had begun sketching ships as an enthusiast naval artist while living in Portsmouth. This gradually developed into an encyclopedic knowledge, culminating in the publishing of ''All the World's Fighting Ships'' (1898). The company then gradually branched out into other areas of military expertise. The books and trade magazines published by the company are often considered the ''de facto'' public source of information on warfare and transportation systems. Based in Greater London for most of its existence, the group was owned by the Thomson Corporation, The Woodbridge Company, then IHS Markit, before being acquired by Montagu Private Equity in 2019. Description The company name is officially ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Type 89 Grenade Discharger
The , 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 Theater of World War II. It got the nickname the "knee mortar" because of an erroneous Allied belief that these launchers could be fired by propping its plate against the leg. However, anyone trying to fire it this way would receive a severe bruise (or sometimes a broken thigh bone) from its hefty recoil. Background The Japanese Army, noting that grenades were short-ranged weapons, began efforts to optimize these weapons for close-in infantry fighting. After studying employment of grenades and mortars on the battlefield, the Japanese Army developed hand grenades, rifle grenades, and grenade and mortar shell dischargers (small mortars) suited to warfare in typical short-range combat environments such as urban, trench, and jungle warfare. As part of this effort, the Japanese Army had adopted by 1932 a set of fragmentatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
