Light Mortars and the Sharp End

Light mortars (60 mm) are lightweight, easy to carry, and may be rapidly deployed. The combination of numerous light machine guns, RPGs, and light mortars is virtually unbeatable along the skirmish lines.

"Most light infantry officers focus exclusively upon the high explosive firepower of light mortars. They forget the importance of light mortar delivered smoke rounds, used for deceiving the enemy and denying his forward observers artillery targets.
Two 60mm mortars are assigned to every American light, airborne and air assault infantry company, and three to every Ranger company. The new high explosive round of the American 60mm, weighing only 3-5 pounds will have a range of more than four kilometers with a burst radius of 29.5 meters--as effective as the much heavier (100 pound) 81mm mortar. Yet, there are too few 60mm mortar tubes in the US Army’s light infantry division. There should be 150 60mm mortars in the current US light infantry division, 50 per light infantry regiment, instead of the current total of 54 for the entire division.”
From the book, Close Assault, provides sensational information regarding the importance of light mortars in infantry combat.

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