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[[Image:50mm Mortar M1938.jpg|thumb|right|400px|Soviet 50-mm RM-38 Mortar]]
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'''RM-38''' (known also under the names ''M-38'' and ''50-RM-38'') is a Soviet 50mm mortar. The index "RM" means "rotny minomet" - the mortar for company service. The mortar was designed in 1936-1938 and put into service in Summer 1938. Slightly modified RM-39 and RM-40 versions appeared in two following years. More than 24,000 mortars of all three versions were produced. In 1941 they were replaced by RM-41, inspired by German [[Granatwerfer 36 Mortar]]. In 1943 50-mm mortars of all versions were removed from service of Red Army due to the low efficiency.
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'''RM-38''' (known also under the names ''M-38'' and ''50-RM-38'') is a Soviet 50mm mortar. The index "RM" means "rotny minomyot" - the mortar for company service. The mortar was designed in 1936-1938 and put into service in Summer 1938. Slightly modified RM-39 and RM-40 versions appeared in two following years. More than 24,000 mortars of all three versions were produced. In 1941 they were replaced by RM-41, inspired by German [[Granatwerfer 36 Mortar]]. In 1943 50-mm mortars of all versions were removed from service of Red Army due to the low efficiency.
  
 
==Specifications==
 
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'''Type:''' Light mortar
 
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'''Lenght:''' 30.7 inch (780 mm)
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'''Length:''' 30.7 inch (780 mm)
  
 
'''Barrel Length:''' 21.8 inch (553 mm)
 
'''Barrel Length:''' 21.8 inch (553 mm)
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Latest revision as of 17:43, 25 March 2022

Soviet 50-mm RM-38 Mortar
Soviet 50-mm RM-40 Mortar

RM-38 (known also under the names M-38 and 50-RM-38) is a Soviet 50mm mortar. The index "RM" means "rotny minomyot" - the mortar for company service. The mortar was designed in 1936-1938 and put into service in Summer 1938. Slightly modified RM-39 and RM-40 versions appeared in two following years. More than 24,000 mortars of all three versions were produced. In 1941 they were replaced by RM-41, inspired by German Granatwerfer 36 Mortar. In 1943 50-mm mortars of all versions were removed from service of Red Army due to the low efficiency.

Specifications

(1938 - 1941)

Type: Light mortar

Length: 30.7 inch (780 mm)

Barrel Length: 21.8 inch (553 mm)

Weight: 26.4 lb (12.1 kg)

Rate of fire: 30 - 32 rpm

Maximum range: 875 yd (800 m)

Shell: 1 lb 14 oz (0.85 kg)


The RM-38 Mortar and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Sixty Days (Shestdesyat dney) Red Army soldiers 1940
Fighting Film Collection No. 9 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 9) A Red Army soldier 1942
Native Shores (Rodnye berega) Daniil Sagal Sgt. Vasiliy Kustov 1943
The Road Home (Synovya) German soldiers, Soviet partisans RM-40 1946
Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran) Soviet partisans Documentary footage 1975

Television

Title Actor Character Notation Date
Alyosha Soviet partisans Seen in documentary footage 2020

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Note Release Date
Enlisted RM-38 Mortar 2021
RM-40 Mortar
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