Medium Mortar Platoon
(JP705)
Includes four Type 97 81mm Mortar or Type 94 90mm Mortar teams, Command Sword team, Observer Rifle team, four Medium four-hole bases, two Small three-hole bases and two base plug sprues.
Mortars are ideal support weapons for the infantry. The Japanese made extensive use of a variety of mortars to great effect in the Pacific, where their mobility was welcome.
Japanese mortars ranged in size from the Type 89 50mm light mortar (nicknamed the ‘knee’ mortar by the Americans) to the heavy 150mm Type 97 model. Not to be confused with its much larger cousin, the 81mm Type 97 mortar that was a modified version of the French Brandt mortar, and was in all respects similar to mortars of the same calibre fielded by the United States, Italy, and France.
The slightly heavier Type 94 90mm design was rarer than the 81mm model, and fired a heavier projectile.
Note: The visual differences between the Type 97 81mm mortar and the Type 94 90mm mortar aren't enough to bother with at this scale, so you can choose whichever option works for your army list, without worrying about having two different sets of models.
The Medium Mortar in Flames of War
Type 97 81mm Mortar
Mobility: Man-packed
Range: 24”/60cm
Rate of Fire: 2
Anti-tank: 2
Firepower: 3+
Minimum range 8”/20cm, Smoke
Firing Bombardments
Range: 40”/100cm
Anti-tank: -
Firepower: 2
Smoke bombardment
Type 94 90mm Mortar
Mobility: Man-packed
No direct fire
Firing Bombardments
Range: 48”/120cm
Anti-tank: -2
Firepower: 5+
Smoke bombardment
Medium Mortar Platoon Blister Pack Contents
1x Officer with pistol.
1x Officer pointing.
1x Standing rifleman.
1x Kneeling pointing NCO.
1x Kneeling rifleman pointing.
1x Radio.
1x Kneeling radio operator.
1x Kneeling observer with binoculars.
2x Kneeling crewman
4x Crewman with hands over ears.
4x Crewman loading mortar bomb.
4x Mortar sprue.
2x Small three-hole bases
4x Medium four-hole bases
2x Base plug sprue
15mm, metal
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