| Tango01 | 27 Dec 2018 12:16 p.m. PST |
Wonder to know how many of those the German had…
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| Fred Cartwright | 27 Dec 2018 12:49 p.m. PST |
Quite a lot. Standard late war support weapon, often replacing infantry guns as it packed a punch, was easy and cheap to make and easy to transport. |
 Mserafin  | 27 Dec 2018 1:53 p.m. PST |
The design was "borrowed" from the Red Army. |
| Lion in the Stars | 27 Dec 2018 2:11 p.m. PST |
@Tango: about 4 per Panzergrenadier infantry battalion. As heavy as the 12cm mortar was, I don't know if it was issued to the leg infantry. |
| Tango01 | 27 Dec 2018 3:02 p.m. PST |
Many thanks my friends! (smile) Amicalement
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| Fred Cartwright | 27 Dec 2018 3:06 p.m. PST |
I don't know if it was issued to the leg infantry. Yes it was. 28 in a ‘44 German infantry division. It was lighter and easier to move than an infantry gun. |
| Frederick | 27 Dec 2018 5:22 p.m. PST |
As noted, lots – every German infantry division had a platoon of those bad boys at the battalion level, so as noted 28 per Division – and they were a total knock-off of the Soviet version |
| Walking Sailor | 28 Dec 2018 7:37 a.m. PST |
28 (per division) + 4 (tubes per platoon) = 9 platoons/battalions per division. By the time the Germans were starting to field 120mm mortars they were starting to field 6 battalions per division. And production never met demand. link
It was a copy of the Soviet mortar and had wheels for towing link . In most of the German Army, think horses. |
| Starfury Rider | 28 Dec 2018 9:19 a.m. PST |
They start to appear with Inf Bns around late 1943. In the early format the 12-cm Pl could be fully or part motorised. When they first go to Inf Divs the principal was they replaced the 8-cm Mortar Pl in the MG Coy; the 8-cm tubes were then added two to each Rifle Coy, and the Rifle Pls discarded their 5-cm mortars. That same format was carried over to the 1943 New Type (neu Art) reorganisation of late 1943. There was a recognition though that there were insufficient 12-cm mortars to fill out all units. In that event Bns were authorised an 8-cm equipped Pl in lieu, so a Bn could have 12x 8-cm tubes. Same occurred under the Type44 reorganisation when the Rifle Coys lost their 8-cm tubes, which went back into a Pl in the Heavy Coy. The 12-cm did not replace the Inf gun, and Regts continued to field six 7.5-cm and two 15-cm guns in the Inf Gun Coy. Under the Volks Grenadier format the Inf Gun Coy became, in effect, a Mortar Coy, with two Pls of 12-cm weapons and one Inf Gun Pl (either four 7.5-cm guns or two 15-cm guns), while the Volks Gren Bns had six 8-cm mortar and four 7.5-cm inf guns. So overall same number of mortars as under Type44, but differently distributed. There were also a number of independent 12-cm Mortar Bns with 36 weapons authorised, never been sure how many were fielded. Gary |
| Mserafin | 28 Dec 2018 9:22 a.m. PST |
In fact, 28 / 4 = 7, which is the number of infantry battalions in a late-war German division (3 regiments of 2 battalions and a separate fusilier battalion). |
| Griefbringer | 28 Dec 2018 10:14 a.m. PST |
As heavy as the 12cm mortar was, I don't know if it was issued to the leg infantry. Actually the 12 cm mortars are relatively lightweight for support weapons, and could be easily drawn around by a couple of horses. The main logistical issues is the ammunition: 20 rounds weights more than the weapon itself, and a trained mortar crew can fire that number of rounds pretty quickly. |
| Wolfhag | 28 Dec 2018 10:48 a.m. PST |
IIRC weren't the Germans and Russian able to use their each other 120 mortar ammo? I checked and the German 120 round is 4.7" as is the Russian and both weigh 15-16kg. Wolfhag |
| Tango01 | 28 Dec 2018 12:35 p.m. PST |
Thanks also!.
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| Tango01 | 29 Dec 2018 9:05 p.m. PST |
And here are the Russians….
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