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Originally Posted by jester

A 60mm mortar is used as a dismount weapon, it is lighter so it is easily carried, when we would displace one man could actualy carry the entire system. It is also more portable, it can go places the track and the 120mm can't go.

The ammo is also much lighter. Sometimes twelve 60mm shells are more useful than one 120mm shell.

And over kill. Sometimes a 120mm may be just a bit to much.

Pshaw. You can never kill anything too much

I would also add that it doesn't take alot of people to run a mortar. Our 60mms were often crewed by all of 2 men.

At the risk of offending some people, most members of a mortar crew are "spear carriers". For the most part they either carry ammo from point A to B, they pass ammo up to the mortar from the stockpile located back of the position or, if things get really interesting, provide protection from fellows in the wrong uniforms who are wandering too close. But yeah, 2 or 3 men can easily operate a mortar.