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Country of Origin	Russia
Type	Launcher
Caliber	82.000 mm
Length	1.220 m
Weight	56.000 kg
Ammunition Weight	3.05 kg
Rate of Fire	25 rounds/min
Range	3.040 km
Muzzle Velocity	211 m/s

Contributor: C. Peter Chen

ww2dbase82-BM-37 mortars were developed by B. I. Szayrin based on the French Brandt mle 27/31 mortar design. Production began in 1937, and due to the demands of war and firing instability problems of the 82-PM-41 successor, the production of 82-PM-37 continued alongside of 82-PM-41 until 1943. A large number of them were lost during the initial phases of the Russo-German War that began in 1941. After the war, weapons of this design saw foreign service with forces of Communist China (as Type 53 82mm mortar), Egypt (as Helwan M-69 82mm mortar), and Syria (as PM-37), either through surplus sales or local licensed manufacture.

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Last Major Revision: Aug 2015

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