Soviet Mortars

[Mahatatain]

Does anyone know what sizes of mortars Soviet forces should have during the Twilight War?

Thanks.

[Legbreaker]

82, 120, 160 and 240mm I believe. The latter two being rather rare Divisional assets from memory.

[Dog 6]

the 240 mm is a Army/front asset.

[Abbott Shaull]

Rare fact. The Mortars, howitzer, gun, ADA, Anti-tank guns, and MRL were all formed into Batteries/Battalions/Regiment system and in a MRD and TD there were more Batteries than there were Rifle Companies in MRD and more Batteries than Tank Companies in those either Division. Where as Mortar Platoon from NATO would be considered a Battery.

[Mahatatain]

Thanks for the info.

Does anyone know if the Soviet 82mm mortar would be the 82-PM-41 (aka the M-41 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82-PM-41) or was this replaced with a newer model? If so then does anyone know its designation?

Thanks.

[Legbreaker]

I believe there's a number of models, some old, some newer but all used by various units. You could probably justify almost any of them with a little thought.

[HorseSoldier]

They have a more current 82mm design, I think, for airborne and airmobile forces, but the workhorse for all the mech/armor units was the Vasilek auto mortar.

I figure a lot of the older manual mortars got brought out of storage for the war, and that any Soviet or WP units who served on the Chinese front may have some captured Chinese mortars as well.

[StainlessSteelCynic]

Here's a list I culled from http://www.steyr-aug.com/contriesarmrorments.htm#bposit117
It's from Jane's Infantry Weapons 2001 but I don't think they've had any new designs since the 1990s

# 120 mm 2S11 Sani mortar
# 120 mm M-43 mortar
# 120 mm Nona SVK-M rifled breech-loaded mortar
# 160 mm M1943 and M-160 mortars
# 82 mm 2B14 Podnos light mortar
# 82 mm AM 2B9 Vasilek automatic mortar
# 82 mm M-37 mortar
# 82 mm M-41 mortar

Missed one - 107 mm M-38 mortar

[Mahatatain]

Thanks for the info.