Well......Sturm78 wrote: ↑15 Apr 2023, 10:39Ummhhh... I am not sure. I have this image labeled as a Chinese Type 20 mortar and I can see some differencies.Yang wrote
Type 20?
Not very sure.
A mortar modeled after Mortier Brandt de 81mm Mle 27/31,but expand the caliber to 82 mm.It was the main artillery of China in the 1930s and 1940s.
One of the two can not be a Type 20....
Do you know if China manufactured any other model of 82mm mortar in 1920-1930-1940s?
Thank you for your addtional images
Sturm78
There are indeed other styles available.From 81mm to 84mm.But the main reason for the differences between them is that the technical standards and processing capabilities of different arms factories are different.The earliest 80mm medium-sized mortar production was in Shenyang in 1922.Afterwards, many military factories controlled by warlords in Shanghai, Shandong, Sichuan, Shanxi, and other places began to self manufacture 80mm mortars.And basically, there are only written records, and no pictures or physical objects have been passed down.
Yang