The AMIG HM 16 Hadid is an Iranian mortar. It is manufactured by the Ammunition & Metallurgy Industries Group, part of Iran's
Defense Industries Organization
''Sâzmân-e Sanâye'-e Defâ'-e Jomhuri-ye Eslâmi-ye Iran''
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. It is a
smoothbore
A smoothbore weapon is one that has a barrel without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars.
History
Early firearms had smoothly bored barrels that fired projectiles without signi ...
and barrel-loading mortar with 360° field of firing and can be taken apart and carried by infantry.
Under the "Hadid" line, Iran also produces 60 mm and 81 mm mortars.
Users
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Hamas
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Popular Mobilization Forces
The Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) ( ar, الحشد الشعبي ''al-Ḥashd ash-Shaʿbī''), also known as the People's Mobilization Committee (PMC) and the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), is an Iraq
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* — HM 15, HM 16 and HM 19 seized from the
Houthis
The Houthi movement (; ar, ٱلْحُوثِيُّون ''al-Ḥūthīyūn'' ), officially called Ansar Allah (' ''Partisans of God'' or ''Supporters of God'') and colloquially simply Houthis, is an Islamist political and armed movement that ...
by the United States and
donated
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to Ukraine during the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...
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References
Mortars of Iran
Islamic Republic of Iran Army
120mm mortars
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