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120 Krh/40 is a 120 mm mortar developed by the Finnish company Tampella (now Patria Vammas).




Use in Sweden



The 120 Krh/40 first entered service in 1940 after being ordered the previous year by Finland. It was exported to Sweden between 1941 and 1944 and later produced under license there. A total of 219 were exported by Tampella. The Swedish military calls them 12 cm granatkastare m/41 and they have continued to serve as the standard heavy mortar of the Swedish Army. In 1956, their base-plates were replaced by Swedish-manufactured Hotchkiss-Brandt M-56 baseplates. As of 2016, 165 m/41D are still in service in the Estonian Land Forces and 22 are held by the Lithuanian Armed Forces.
They got a major increase in lethality when the STRIX top attack anti armour round was introduced in the 1990s; it is a smart weapon that homes in on the IR signature of armoured vehicles.




See also


Soltam M-65 – an Israeli copy of Krh/40 using a new base plate
Soltam K6 – further development of M-65




References






External links


Media related to 120 Krh 40 at Wikimedia Commons

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