The M224 60mm Lightweight mortar is a smooth bore, muzzle loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon. The cannon assembly is composed of the barrel, combination base cap, and firing mechanism. The mount ...

I think the gun is better known as a “trench mortar. A ‘mortar’ is a cannon that fires almost straight up into the sky, which means that its high-explosive shell comes back almost straight down.

The M252 system consists of the M253 Cannon (tube), M177 Mortar Mount, M3A1 Baseplate, and M64A1 Sight Unit.

Artillerymen from the Hart brigade of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine destroyed an MT-12 cannon, an UAV launch site, and a 120-mm mortar position of the Russian invaders in the Vovchansk ...