These weapons only possessed 2,200 yards of effective range. The M224 60mm mortar was designed to fire all types of the older ammunition, but its primary rounds are of the newer, longer-range type.

T he Philippine National Police (PNP) on Monday said they have recovered fragments from a 60mm mortar round at the Dimaporo Gymnasium in Mindanao State University (MSU) in Marawi City, the site of ...

A released photo of the mortar round appears to show a M722 60mm shell – the round used by the Army’s M224 lightweight mortar — marked as a smoke round. The shell is marked with a yellow ...

PNP spokesperson Col. Jean Fajardo said the provincial explosive canine unit (PECU) of Lanao del Sur police is already piecing together the fragments of the 60-mm mortar and likewise determining ...