An Israeli armaments firm has developed a 160-mm. super-mortar that is already operational, it was disclosed today in the Independence Day issue of Bamachaneh, the magazine of Israel’s armed forces.
The mortar, designed by engineers and technicians of the Israel Ordnance Corps, weighs a ton with its battle equipment and is about nine feet long. it is mounted on the chassis of a converted Sherman Priest tank and requires a crew of seven to operate it. According to Bamachaneh, mobile mortars of such size and weight do not exist in any other armies in the world. A mortar is an infantry weapon that combines heavy fire power with easy mobility. Most conventional mortars have a three or four man crew and can be transported by manpower or on light trucks. But they lack the seven mile range of the new Israeli weapon.
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