Re: [DSII] Infantry Mortars

 From memory I think GZG have a few others (NSL?)
John

At 10:32 02/04/2002 +0100, you wrote:
>"laserlight@quixnet.net" wrote:
> >
> > I'd put the mortar team in an APC and let it carry extra ammo.  If 
> they're not motorized or mechanized, then they're probably encumbered
> > at best.  A light 60mm mortar has barrel, baseplate and bipod (each 
> piece about 15lb), and each round weighs about 3-4 pounds depending
> > on what's in it.
>
>The US 60mm was fairly hefty as light mortars go; the German 5cm
weighed
>in at around 14kg (no bipod but a hefty baseplate), each round weighed
>0.9kg. Range was 520m. The British 2" was a lot lighter, weighing in at
>5kg with a 1kg HE round, range 500 yards.
>
>The only GZG mortar figure I've seen is the NAC RAM mortar team
>(SGA-45), which is a pair of kneeling troops with a small bipod-less
>mortar (sorry, can't find a picture on GZG, Eureka or Geo-Hex). If this
>is taken to be a 'normal' infantry mortar in the GZGverse then they can
>be considered easily man-portable.
>
>Tony
>
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