120 mm Mortar M.1938
(120-PM-38)
The Soviet 120 mm Mortar M.1938 (120-PM-38) is based on the French Mortier Brandt de 120 mm Modèle 1935 and the Mortier Stokes-Brandt de 81 mm Mle 27/31, which was produced under license in the Soviet Union as the 82-PM-36. Heavy mortars were used to support infantry at the regimental and, later, battalion level. The 1:76 scale mortar team pictured here is from Airfix.
Available Scale Model Kits
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew, 1:35 Italeri 348
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew, 1:35 ZVEZDA 3503
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew, 1:72 ZVEZDA 6147
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew (Greatcoat), 1:72 Pegasus 7273
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew, 1:72 ESCI P-203
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew (Winter Uniform), 1:72 Italeri 6069
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938, 20 mm SHQ FBG-2R
- 120 mm Mortar Crew in Gymnastyorka M.1944, 20 mm SHQ RA-11
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938, 1:76 Airfix 01717
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938, 1:76 Hinchliffe 20/44
- Mortar Limber (horse- or vehicle-drawn), 1:76 Hinchliffe 20/46
- 120 mm Mortar M.1938 and Crew, 1:300 Heroics & Ros S02
Technical Specifications
- Type: 120 mm Mortar M.1938
- Caliber: 120 mm
- Barrel Length: 1,86 m (L/15.5)
- Combat Weight: 280 kg
- Muzzle Velocity: 272 m/s
- Rate of Fire: 10 Shells per Minute
- Range: 6000 m
- Crew: 6
Historical Employment
- World-War Two, 1939–1945
- Soviet Army, 1939–1990
- Finnish Army, 1939
- Captures and Copies (Reșița M.1942), Romanian Army, 1941
- 12 cm Granatwerfer 378(r), German Wehrmacht, 1941–1945
- Chinese Civil War, 1927–1949
- Korean War, 1950–1953
- First Indochina War, 1946–1954
- Suez Crisis, 1956
- Six-Day War, 1967
- Iran-Iraq War, 1980–1988
- Russian Federation, 1990–today
- Republic of Moldova
- Turkmenistan
- Ukraine