81 KRH 71 Y (''81 mm kranaatinheitin malli 1971 ympäriampuva'', '81 mm mortar model 1971, 360-degree traverse') is a light mortar manufactured by

Tampella Oy Tampella Ab was a Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti district of the city of ...

for use by the Finnish Army. It is usually used to support the infantry by

indirect fire Indirect fire is aiming and firing a projectile without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating azimuth and inclination, and may include correcting aim by ...

, but it can also be used for direct fire. Each Finnish infantry company has a platoon of 81 mm mortars. The mortar platoon consists of three seven-man mortar squads, each squad manning a single 81 mm mortar. Jaeger Company M2005 has a fire support squad, which consists of two five-man mortar teams, both equipped with an 81 mm mortar. It can fire HE-fragmentation, smoke, illumination and practice rounds. Tampella also manufactured a static installed 81 KRH 71 RT (''81 mm kranaatinheitin malli 1971 rannikkotykistö'', '81 mm mortar model 1971, coastal artillery') for use in the Finnish coastal artillery fortresses. A newer version of the 81 KRH 71 Y with an improved baseplate made by Vammas is called the 81 KRH 96 (''81 mm kranaatinheitin malli 1996'', '81 mm mortar model 1996'). The baseplate is designed by scaling down the baseplate of the

120 KRH 92 The 120 KRH 92 ( fi, 120 mm kranaatinheitin, malli 1992) is a 120 mm mortar manufactured in Finland. Due to major general Vilho Nenonen's initiative, Finland has built mortars since the early 1930s and although they have not been exported, ...

References

External links

Finnish Army site on 81 mm mortar
(in Finnish) Tampella Infantry mortars Mortars of Finland 81mm mortars Military equipment introduced in the 1970s {{Artillery-stub