Germans Mocked This 'Toy-Sized' British Mortar — Until It Destroyed Their Entire Platoons
The British 2-inch mortar became one of the most underestimated infantry weapons of World War II. German soldiers repeatedly dismissed the small British mortar as insignificant, yet across North Africa, Italy, Normandy, and Burma it gave British infantry immediate indirect fire support capable of destroying machine gun positions, laying smoke screens, and hitting enemy troops hidden behind cover. From El Alamein and the Italian campaign to the hedgerow fighting in Normandy, the 2-inch mortar proved why British infantry doctrine was far more flexible and dangerous than German commanders initially believed. Sources: War Office — Infantry Training Pamphlet No. 8: Mortar, 2-inch, Mark II War Office — Infantry Section Leading, 1944 Stephen Bull — World War II Infantry Tactics: Squad and Platoon Terry Gander — Allied Infantry Weapons of World War II Imperial War Museum — British Infantry Weapons Collection — [www.iwm.org.uk](http://www.iwm.org.uk) Combined Operations reports and British Army wartime infantry doctrine records #WorldWar2 #BritishArmy #WWII #MilitaryHistory #WW2History
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