Artilleryin Canada: 4.2-inch Mortar and 81-mm Mortar

4.2-inch Mortar and 81-mm Mortar

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 3516223)

Personnel of the Saskatoon Light Infantry (M.G.) with a 4.2-inch mortar, Militello, Italy, 22 August 1943.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4235854)

4.2-inch Mortar training in Germany, ca 1964.

4.2-inch M107 Mortar, 1st Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment, 4 CMBG, Germany, ca 1963.  Operated by a six-man detachment, the M107 4.2-inch mortar was employed by "L" Battery of the 4th Regiment, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, from 1964 until 1969, when it was replaced by the L5 pack howitzer.  The Battery had eight mortars to sustain the airportable support role necessary for Canada's Allied Mobile Force commitments.

(Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 4235849)

81-mm Mortar training in Germany, ca 1964.