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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
The OPs picture is fascinating. It illustrates not only the use of a 60mm Mortar with M7 grenade launcher, but a pair of T34 (Calliope) Sherman rocket launcher variants. The latter saw service starting in 44 with the 2nd, 4th, 6th, 12th, and 14th armored divisions
What kind of projection adapter is he using in this photo? The bottom half looks like the regular M1 projection adapter but the top part does not look like the M1's top to me. Any thoughts? I guess what I am asking is to fire the 60 mm mortar round from a grenade launcher, did it take a special adapter to do so? Or did they use the regular M1 adapter?
It may just be the picture or the angle but it looks like that projection adapter is struggling to hold the top heavy 60 mm mortar round straight. Looks like the tip of the mortar round is sagging or drooping down. I would be worried it would just cartwheel after launching
I guess what I am asking is to fire the 60 mm mortar round from a grenade launcher, did it take a special adapter to do so? Or did they use the regular M1 adapter?
Thanks BAR! A very interesting read that I had not seen before. I didn't even know 60 mm mortars were ever used from grenade launchers until this thread.
Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 01-04-2023 at 05:43 PM.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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