Intended for 3d print.

Swedish 47mm mortar team from the the mid-to-late WW2 era. The soldiers are using the following equipment:

• The M/39 uniform.

• The M/37 steel helmet.

• The grk M/40 4,7 cm mortar.

• 4,7 cm wing grenade.

• The M/37 Field Telephone, nicknamed the Fältapa (lit. Field Monkey. Apparently because of its robust design). Based on a german design and manufactured in Sweden by Ericsson.

• 9mm Pistol M/40

• Ag M/42 Ljungman Rifle

To my knowledge the 4,7cm mortar was introduced to the infantry in 1941. Up until then the infantry had used heavier 8cm mortars, which were issued to a special heavy company within each infantry battalion. The 47mm mortar was instead intended to be issued in large number to each rifle group within the battalion. It traded the range and firepower of the 8cm mortar for light weight and portability, with the 4,7cm mortar weighing only 12 kg to the 8cm mortars 60 kg. The range of the 4,7cm mortar was a maximum of 800 m, with 100 m being the minimum distance due to the trajectory of the grenade. Ultimately, it is my understanding the range and firepower of the 4,7cm mortar was deemed insufficient to justify the weight of the mortar and grenades to the rifle groups carrying it. I'm only speculating, but a contributing factor might have been that man-portable rocket launchers and grenade rifles like the bazooka, panzerfaust and (later on) the M/48 Carl Gustaf was introduced to warfare around the same time, and proved superior at close ranges. In fact, towards the end of the war Sweden had adopted a Panzerfaust clone, designated the Pansarskott M/45, as an anti-tank weapon.The 12cm grk M/41 mortar, a heavier complement to the 8cm mortar, was considered a more suitable addition to the infantry and was used by the Swedish army for many years following the end of WW2.

Printing instructions

Recommended printing scale is 28mm. The default scale of the models is also approximately 28mm when you first load them into your slicer. Note that you can easily alter the size of the models prior to printing. No models are currently pre-supported. Personally I think this gives the customer greater flexibility (as well as saving me quite a bit of effort...) , but you are welcome to send me a request to pre-support all models, and I'll upload them to the product free of charge. If you have any additional questions, for example re: various historical aspects, you can also contact me. I'm no expert, but I do have access to some fairly credible historical sources I've used when designing the models.