The M19 was favored by the Marines — even though 10 pounds heavier, shorter-ranged and less accurate than the M2 — because it had sights and a manual trigger that enabled the crew to aim it at ...

or ACERM -- a mortar round compatible with existing Marine and Army M2 52 81mm mortar systems that offers an effective range of up to 20,000 meters as well. Military.com asked the Army for an ...

Its believed the mortar had been buried in the ground and was discovered by a member of the public in the Trassey Road area of Newcastle. Army technical officers later carried out a controlled ...

A controlled explosion has been carried out on a World War Two mortar found in Warrenpoint, County Down. Police received a report that a suspicious object had been discovered in the Seafields area ...

A controlled explosion has been carried out on what is believed to be an unexploded World War Two mortar bomb at Murlough bay in Co Down on Thursday. A segment of the beach was closed for a time ...

Top-down view of the Cloud Leopard II M2 Mortar Carrier prototype, showing the 81/120 mm Mobile Mortar System in its deployed position and the UAV Forward Observation System on its right roof-hatch.