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The Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar was a heavy mortar used by the British Army during World War II, and by other armies postwar. ==History== The 4.2 inch mortar was a Smooth Bore (SB) weapon of the Stokes pattern and was designed by the Armaments Research and Development Establishment and produced by the Royal Ordnance Factories.〔Pugh p. 76〕 It entered British service in 1942, where it was used to equip Royal Engineer chemical warfare companies. The Mark 3 became the standard model. The first combat use was at El Alamein, which expended all the HE ammunition in the theatre. Around mid 1943, the RE chemical warfare companies were disbanded and one heavy mortar company of each Infantry Division's machine gun battalion was equipped with the mortar. This company was organized with sixteen 4.2-in mortars, divided into four Platoons of four mortars each. In early 1944, Divisions in Italy also held a pool of mortars for issue to other units as required, usually troops in the divisional anti-tank regiment - some regiments even converted one or more batteries to mortars. The mortars were somewhat slower in reaching the far east, although the Australian forces in the South West Pacific had them before troops fighting in Burma did. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ordnance ML 4.2 inch Mortar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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