Re: [DSII] Infantry Mortars

A search of the GZG site for mortar returned three hits - the NAC team
mentioned below, an NSL 3-man team and (*ahem*) "GC-24 Schoolmistress,
nude except for gown and mortar board, with cane... "

John Lambshead wrote:
> 
> 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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