Talk:Type 2 12cm Mortar Kai/@comment-25459687-20191108174856

Did find a very interesting reason that the smaller ships would be interested in a mortar like this. On a rotating stand, it weighed roughly 700 lbs. A single mount 12 cm or 12.7 was more like 8 to 10 tons. Factor in the much lower recoil and structure required to handle it, and it becomes very obvious why it was a useful choice for lobbing bits of HE around.

Thank you, navweaps for more info than you can shake a hedgehog at.