The Curious Caliber

Of the Soviet 82mm Mortar

(Public Domain)

This post builds upon a question that I raised in the following piece:

Mix & Match Medium Mortars

As I might have expected, my robot-assisted search for information about the Soviet 82^mm mortar took me down many blind alleys. Happily, it also turned-up a substantial article, posted on the webpage of armaments giant Rostec, that traced the curious caliber of that piece to a decision taken by its designer.¹