The M224 Mortar is a 60mm, weapon with an effective range of nearly 3,500 meters. The M120, is twice the size of the M224, and can fire mortars nearly twice as far.

The Marines and the U.S. Army regularly use the M224 mortar system in Afghanistan. The company level mortar has been in use since the late 1970s. Related. Sam LaGrone.

Factoring in the cannon and bipod, the current 60mm M224 mortar system weighs 46 pounds. The M8 X is 4.8 pounds, so the goal is to get the entire package down to about 33 pounds, ...

But the marines were particularly keen to see how the lighter M224 60mm version works, which uses the new tube. The marines and the army use the 60mm for infantry companies, giving the company ...

Despite continued efforts to modernize and improve handheld mortars, like the 60-mm M224 carried by American soldiers, soldiers today still aim it as ...