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The M74 mortar is designed by Military Technical Institute in Yugoslavia. It is smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support. Today they are produced by Serbian company PPT Namenska and BNT from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Description
This mortar can be deployed as infantry support for destruction of personnel and enemy firing positions, for opening routes through barbed wire obstacles andmine fields
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, for demolition of fortified objects, for destructing infrastructure elements, illumination and deploying smoke screen.
The M74 model when disassembled could be carried by 3 soldiers thus having unique capabilities regarding transport in area with obstacles or in urban area compared with more heavier mortars. M74 provides 12 rds per minute rate of fire
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and it is intended to be used to deliver 15-20 mines before moving to another position. Since it is very light regarding its caliber it can be easily airdropped and parachuted to firing position. It uses NSB-4B sight for firing. Base-plate of M74 mortar is triangle shaped.
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* − Seized by Azerbaijan after the2023 Azerbaijani offensive in Nagorno-Karabakh
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See also
*Soltam K6
The Soltam K6 is a 120 mm (4.75 inch) mortar that was developed by Soltam Systems of Israel. It is the long-range version of the Soltam K5 and has replaced older systems, such as the M30, in several armies including the United States Army. ...
* Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1
* 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, ...
* Light mortar 120mm M75
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:M74 mortar Artillery of Serbia Infantry mortars Mortars of Yugoslavia 120mm mortars Military equipment introduced in the 1980s