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Old 07-31-2009, 07:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
60mm mortars are the most difficult to quantify, since they can be used as indirect fire weapons and to an extent direct fire weapons, when they are handheld.
They are also mounted as a direct-fire weapons on some AFVs, such as the French AML-60 armored car. The 81mm mortar was also pintle-mounted on US Navy riverine craft such as the Swift Boat for direct fire.
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