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Isn't the M252 Mortar a British model?

-- It is. It also is not artillery.

'L16A2' links here, shouldn't it be better to link it to British 81 mm mortar ? user:Superknijn

As the M252 is a version of the L16, the L16A2 now redirects to the L16 Chwyatt 09:26, 23 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

What abouth the FOO[edit]

I think we should add a link to the FOO, as mortar, like artillery wich base on indirect fire, required the presence of a Forward Officer Observer (FOO). And, luckily, we have an article in Wikipedia that explains it :

Number of crew members[edit]

If you look under the Technical Summary (top right) it list a crew of 3, and under the Operation heading on the main part it list a crew of 5. I figured I'd ask you all on your opinions instead of just changing it. Me personally, I think 5 is wishful thinking. Pretty sure it's 3, maybe 4 if there's a guy not doing anything. Gmios 03:10, 13 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forward_Observer

Redirect?[edit]

I'm not one for moaning about redirects, but as a WWII junkie '81mm Mortar' means the French Brandt weapon, and its many cousins across the world. *Imagine my disappointment* to end up here. ;) Stevebritgimp 23:02, 19 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Australia[edit]

Australia does not use the M252, Australia uses the L16 (under the designation F2) CMarshall (talk) 12:10, 27 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Complete sentence?[edit]

I think I can figure out the meaning of this .. "The round, pulled by gravity, accelerates down the smooth bore until the primer in the base of the tail boom of the round." ..but then again I'm not sure. "Until the primer.." Until it does what? This isn't quite correct English.

External Links Are Broken[edit]

What the header says. Not sure how to tag them. - 37.190.62.114 (talk) 10:55, 13 July 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Current operators[edit]

This section names four countries, the UK among them, who use the same basic weapon under the designation L16. Go to the L16 81mm mortar page and we find many, many operators, but not the United States. This contradiction should be fixed and we should decide whether a country using a variant or licensed version counts as an operator of the same weapon. --Mongreilf (talk) 15:52, 3 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

The picture is wrong[edit]

The picture is wrong. That is an M120 mortar, not an M252 — Preceding unsigned comment added by an unspecified IP address 13:36, 27 March 2018‎

Discussion at https://www.reddit.com/r/wikipedia/comments/87ih3x/is_there_a_sub_specifically_for_wikipedia_editors/ . It was suggested there to use the image from German Wikipedia instead de:File:M252_mortar.jpg ···Vanischenu (mc/talk) 20:54, 28 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]