It has a spring-type shock absorber to absorb the shock of recoil in firing. The M224 60mm mortar replaced the older (WWII era) M2 and M19, 60mm Mortars.

“The major contention springs from the CF’s insistence that CASW will displace their old 60mm M19 mortar. Techno-philes claim that computerized targeting, air-burst munitions, and rapid firing ...

Seven Marines from a North Carolina unit have been killed and several injured after a 60mm mortar exploded unexpectedly during a training accident at the Hawthorne Army Depot in western Nevada.

HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed at least seven Marines and injured seven more during mountain warfare training in Nevada’s high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (July 20, 2011) -- Mortar crews have started receiving new lightweight 60mm mortar systems that are approximately 20 percent lighter than previous versions.

Following the successful fielding of the lightweight 60mm mortar system, the Picatinny Arsenal in the U.S. has begun delivering the new lightweight 81mm system to U.S. troops, the U.S. Army public ...

Austrian-based Hirtenberger Defence Systems has unveiled a new digital fire control system (FCS) optimised for 60mm commando mortars at Eurosatory this year. The Grid Aiming Mode – or GRAM – is a ...

U.S. Army Proving Ground (YPG) recently conducted a rate-of-fire test to verify that the Army's M1061 60mm mortar round could be used at the specified rate of fire without overheating the weapon ...