Mortier de 58 mm type 2

Mortier de 58 mm type 2
Type Medium trench mortar
Place of origin  France
Service history
In service 1915 - 1940
Used by  France
 Serbia
 Poland
Wars World War I
Production history
Designer Dumisilles
Specifications
Weight Barrel & Breech:
75 kg (165 lb)
Carriage: 226 kg (498 lb)
Crew 5

Shell 18 kg (40 lb) (LS)
20 kg (44 lb) (ALS)
35 kg (77 lb) (DLS)
Calibre 58.3 mm (2.3 in)
(barrel only)
Elevation 45° - 82.5°
Maximum firing range 1,250 m (1,370 yd) (LS)
1,450 m (1,590 yd) (ALS)
670 m (730 yd)
(DLS)
Filling weight 5.35 kg (11 lb 13 oz) (LS)
6.4 kg (14 lb 2 oz) (ALS)
10 kg (22 lb 1 oz) (DLS)

The Mortier de 58 mm type 2, also known as the Crapouillot or "little toad" from its appearance, was the standard French medium trench mortar of World War I.

History

Introduced April 1915.

Combat use

Carrying bombs in a trench
With A.L.S. bomb loaded

3 types of bomb were available :[1]

Examples of capabilities :-[2]

See also

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era

Surviving examples

Notes

  1. Manual for Trench Artillery. Part V. The 58 No. 2 Trench Mortar. US Army, March 1918. Page 9
  2. General notes on the use of artillery. France. Ministère de la guerre. 1917. Page 42

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