These weapons only possessed 2,200 yards of effective range. The M224 60mm mortar was designed to fire all types of the older ammunition, but its primary rounds are of the newer, longer-range type.
“R4CGC 60MM. MORTAR M1 & M2 SHELL, ILLUM., M83A1 W/FUZE, TIME, (FIXED) M65 LOT PAE-T45-794” It is a custom-fitted case for a mortar round and fits into a fearsome gun that my father David M ...