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mortar

Engineer of the 797th Engineer Forestry Company poses in an old bunker with discarded Americans mortar shells in hand, similar to US M49A2 60MM mortar. During WWII.
Two Chinese officer students of the General Staff School, near Kunming, China, observing the effect of mortar fire on distant target during a demonstration of infantry weapons. June 5, 1945. Photo by Pfc. Seymour Israel. 164th Signal Photographic Company, APO 627.
(L-R) Maj. Wang Cheh Tso, Lt. Col Tang Wei Tan firing the 60mm mortar for demonstration purposes at a class in the general staff school, ITC, Kunming, China, under the direction of 1st. Lt. John W. Lee, Washington, Iowa. 23 September 1944. Photo by T/5 J. B. Hendrick.