M71 Mortar

The is a UNSC crew-served light artillery/infantry fire support weapon.

Description
The M71 is a 60mm, gravity fired smooth bore mortar operated by three man teams in close proxmity to the frontline, enabling them to give light artillery support to frontline units with secrecy, accuracy and power. The weapon consists of the mortar, base plate and digitally operated bipod, providing accurate fire. The weapon is light enough to be carried and operated by a small team without the need for a motor carriage. It also constains an attached targetting suite with dataport link, allowing it to be connected via cable, wirelessly or via sat uplink to a plethora of battlefield systems, such as the cameras attached to forward soldiers, recon drones, recon vehicle's optical suites foward camera emplacements and military satillites. This, along with the day/night vision telescopic targetting sight with laser range finder mounted on the mortar allow it to pick out its targets and engage them accurately.

The weapon has a incredibly sturdy design, allowing it to fire all six rounds in six seconds without noticeably deviation in accuracy. The weapon is riddled with coolant tubes and the firing end is finned, allowing it cool faster. It also has a Blast Attenuation Device to protect the crew from the blast when firing.

UNSC Remarks
"Our Weapon Platoon was just bombarding the fuck outta that Remnant trench line for an hour straight. Kept up fire for ages, never laxed. We couldn't even figure out what was trenches and what was craters later on."