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8x10 Two Photo Lot USMC Marines Firing 4.2" 107mm M30 Mortar 1956 Okinawa Japan
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8x10 Two Photo Lot USMC US Marines Firing 4.2" 107mm M30 Mortar 1956 Okinawa JapanPhoto 1 - handwritten note on verso - "Easley Range #4 Okinawa" and stamped "Official Marine Corps Photograph By Photographic Section 3d Marine Division, FMF, Date May 17, 1956 No. 3D-8318-5"
Photo 2 - blank
The M30 106.7 mm heavy mortar is an American rifled, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to infantry units.
Maximum firing range: 6,840 m (7,480 yd)
Effective firing range: 770 m to 6,840 m; (840 yd to 7,480 yd)
Rate of fire: 18 rpm max., 3 rpm sustained
Caliber: 106.7 mm (4.2 in)
Length: 1.524 m (5 ft)
Wars: Korean War; Laotian Civil War; Vietnam War; Lebanese Civil War; Guatemalan Civil War; Gulf War
In service: 1951 - Present