120 Krh/40

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120 Krh/40
Granatkastare modell 41 Revinge 2015.jpg
TypeHeavy mortar
Place of originFinland
Service history
In service1940-present
Used byFinnish army
Swedish army
Estonian army
German army
Latvian army
Lithuanian army
Portuguese army
WarsContinuation War
Production history
DesignerTampella
ManufacturerTampella
No. built596 by Tampella[1]
Specifications
Mass260 kilograms (570 lb)
Barrel length189cm
Caliber120 millimetres (12 cm)
Rate of fireup to 20 shots/minute[1]
Muzzle velocity116–290 m/s[1]
Maximum firing range5,300 metres (17,400 ft)

120 Krh/40 is a 120 mm mortar developed by Finnish Tampella (now Patria Vammas).

Use in Sweden[]

Grenade Launcher at Regiment Day on South Scanian Regiment.
Loading the grenade launcher into a cart.

The 120 Krh/40 first entered service in 1940 after being ordered the prior year by Finland. It was also exported to Sweden between 1941 and 1944 and later produced under license in Sweden. A total of 219 was exported by Tampella.[1] The Swedish military calls them 12 cm granatkastare m/41 and they have continued to serve as the standard heavy mortar of the Swedish Army. In 1956, their base-plates were replaced by Swedish-manufactured Hotchkiss-Brandt M-56 baseplates.[2] As of 2016, 165 m/41D are still in service in the Estonian Land Forces[3] and 22 are held by the Lithuanian Armed Forces.[4]

They got a major increase in lethality when the STRIX top attack anti armour round was introduced in the 1990s; it is a smart weapon that homes in on the IR signature of armoured vehicles.

External links[]

Media related to 120 Krh 40 at Wikimedia Commons

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Finnish Army 1918 - 1945: 120 Mm Mortars".
  2. ^ "m/41D 120 mm mortar (Sweden), Mortars". Jane's Infantry Weapons. 5 August 2011. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  3. ^ International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2016). The Military Balance 2016. 116. Routlegde. p. 91. ISBN 9781857438352.
  4. ^ "UN Register: Military holdings - Lithuania 2016". www.un-register.org. Archived from the original on 26 January 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2018.
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