I need help to Id mortar

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, SASH155

Greetings, Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I need help for Id. this mortar. I suppose a captured Russian mortar: 107mm M1938, maybe ??

Images from Ebay
Thanks in advance. Sturm78

[SASH155]

Actually it could be just an 82mm PM-37 (note round non-dished base plate, barrel seems too slender to be either a 107mm or 120mm M-1938). Also, please note the rifles that the Germans are carrying: one has a captured Polish 7.92x57mm Mauser Karabinek 98AZ carbine (standing soldier in top photo) and the others have long barrelled Mauser rifles which are either modified Gew. 98s or perhaps captured Polish Kar. 98s or even captured Czech Brno Vz. 98/22s. This goes to show that many German units, particularly rear echelon troops, which these troops may be, were not equipped with the otherwise ubiquitous Kar. 98K. I have seen photos of front line German infantry taken as late as the start of Operation Barbarossa in the summer of 1941 still equipped with the long barrelled Kar. 98b, complete with turned down bolt handle with cut out in the stock for the knob, grasping grooves in the fore stock, leaf rear sights, and side mounted sling.

[Sturm78]

Thank you for your answer and sorry for delay, SASH155.

Can somebody identify these mortars?

Image from Ebay
Sturm78

[SASH155]

82mm PM-37s.

[Sturm78]

Thank you, SASH155

Regards Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

Not axis mortar but.... Can somebody identify this swiss mortar?
WW2 or post-WW2 image?

Thnaks in advance. Sturm78

[SASH155]

I believe the Swiss designated their licensed copy of the Brandt mle. 1927/31 81mm mortar the M-1933.

[Sturm78]

Thank you, SASH155.

It is the most probably

Greetings Sturm78

[nuyt]

Are your sure they are Swiss?
Flat country, helmet also used by Argentina...just speculating
and look at the hats the guys in the background are wearing....

[nuyt]

Gotcha!
http://www.zonamilitar.com.ar/foros/fot ... tos-3.html

[SASH155]

I think Nuyt just might be correct; then the mortar is probably a French made Brandt mle. 1927/31. The Argentines used the Swiss helmet for many years, and the truck in the background looks like it might be a Ford, which were built locally by HAFDASA.

[nuyt]

the same foto features here:
http://www.militariarg.com/infantry-sup ... apons.html

[Sturm78]

Thank you very much for your help, SASH155 and nuyt.

I guess this mortar was manufactured under license in Argentina by DGFM, no?

Sturm78

[Sturm78]

Hi all,

I need help with this mortar: Anybody??

Image from Ebay
Thanks in advance. Sturm78