| repaint | 12 Jun 2017 4:46 p.m. PST |
Hello, I am on the hunt for a 120mm mortar, preferably american. Is there such a thing out there? thank you |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 12 Jun 2017 5:11 p.m. PST |
That is weird. There seems to be German and Russian 120mm heavy mortars in 28mm, but sadly the American mortars only come in 60mm and 81mm for whatever reason. |
| brass1 | 12 Jun 2017 5:23 p.m. PST |
I don't believe the US had a 120mm mortar during WWII. I've done a cursory search for 4.2" mortars and found zip. LT |
| Battle Phlox | 12 Jun 2017 7:08 p.m. PST |
Have you tried looking up US Chemical Mortars? That's what they were called. |
| Borderguy190 | 12 Jun 2017 8:40 p.m. PST |
No U.S. 120mm in WW2. I found this:
link No crew though. A really big weapon for skirmish scale gaming IMO. |
| repaint | 12 Jun 2017 8:50 p.m. PST |
I am looking for something Cold War actually. But it is close enough to WW2 for the period I am interested in (Indochina). Nice find BG190, not sure it is exactly what I am after but it is a start. I was thinking of using a 1/35 scale 81mm US mortar and work from there. |
| 15mm and 28mm Fanatik | 12 Jun 2017 9:05 p.m. PST |
I don't believe the US had a 120mm mortar during WWII. I've done a cursory search for 4.2" mortars and found zip. According to Wikipedia, the largest caliber mortar used by the US during WWII was the 107mm (4.2") M2: link They were used in Chemical Mortar Battalions. Later replaced by the M30 during the Cold War beginning in 1951. Here's a list of mortars by caliber in ascending order with time period and nationality: link |
| repaint | 12 Jun 2017 9:24 p.m. PST |
…or I could use a Russian – German one and modify the base. |
| GROSSMAN | 12 Jun 2017 9:28 p.m. PST |
Make one out of a small cocktail straw. |
| jdginaz | 13 Jun 2017 1:48 a.m. PST |
Still using the 4.2" during Vietnam, no 120mm. |
| brass1 | 14 Jun 2017 1:16 p.m. PST |
The Viet Minh and Viet Cong would use the Soviet 120mm. The French had the Brandt modele 1951, which had a wheeled carriage, and probably some pre-WWII modele 1935s as well. The US didn't have a 120mm mortar in Vietnam. The ARVN didn't either. I have no idea what other SEATO forces had. LT |
| repaint | 14 Jun 2017 9:53 p.m. PST |
That's a model for the French that I am after. I might just end up buying a german one and modify the base as I said. It should not be all that difficult to approximate a modele 1951. I think the wheels can be removed. |
