{"id":57422,"date":"2020-09-18T02:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=57422"},"modified":"2020-09-17T09:25:22","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T13:25:22","slug":"germanys-not-so-light-5cm-legrw-36-light-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/09\/18\/germanys-not-so-light-5cm-legrw-36-light-mortar\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Not-So-Light 5cm LeGrW 36 Light Mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XnQkLt3VJF8\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 2 Sep 2018<\/p>\n<p>Sold for $18,400<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons&#038;v=XnQkLt3VJF8&#038;event=video_description&#038;redir_token=08WtFC_wBCxDqR5ZVzFTu_5pPtV8MTU5MDQ0NTc0MUAxNTkwMzU5MzQx\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The 5cm 5CM <em>Leichter Granatwerfer<\/em> 36 was the standard German light infantry mortar going into World War Two. It was designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig in the mid 1930s and adopted in 1936. It fired a 0.9kg \/ 2 pound mortar bomb with a range of up to 550 meters. In theory, it occupied the same role as the <a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/09\/15\/frances-super-light-50mm-modele-37-grenade-launcher\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">French Mle 1937 50mm light mortar<\/a> &mdash; except it was far heavier than was practical, and substantially more complex to use. The LeGrW 36 weighed in at a hefty 31 pounds (14kg) &#8211; nearly four times as much as its French counterpart. <\/p>\n<p>It was a striker fired design, with a trigger lever and thus did not fire immediately upon a round being loaded. It used adjustments in angle to determine range, with a constant projectile velocity (as opposed to venting a varying amount of propellent gas to adjust range). By the middle of the war, it was being pulled out of front-line use, as its weight and relative complexity made it impractical for its intended role.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy Forgotten Weapons, check out its sister channel, InRangeTV! <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/InRangeTVShow<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-60334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Screenshot_2020-09-18-Germany\u2019s-Not-So-Light-5cm-LeGrW-36-Light-Mortar.png 853w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forgotten Weapons Published 2 Sep 2018 Sold for $18,400 http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230; The 5cm 5CM Leichter Granatwerfer 36 was the standard German light infantry mortar going into World War Two. It was designed by Rheinmetall-Borsig in the mid 1930s and adopted in 1936. 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