Source: ATF P 5300.11 · Curios or Relics List · Jan 1972 – Apr 20253,573 entries · 4 sections
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60mm Mortar M2

Section IV: still an NFA firearm, also a curio or relic

Official wording

ATF P 5300.11 · APRIL 2025 EDITION · SECTION IV · VERBATIM · PDF P. 89 ↗

U.S. Mortar (original), cal. 60mm, M1 and M2, with mount M2.

What this entry requires

  • ATF REQUIRESOriginal as the ATF wording requires: “U.S. Mortar (original)”
  • ATF REQUIRESConfigured as the ATF wording states: “with mount M2”
  • INFOATF states no date; production was about 1938–1945.
  • INFOStill an NFA firearm; only registered examples transfer, with ATF approval (26 U.S.C. 5812, 5861).

Editorial facts · Our research

Country
United States
Manufacturer
Read Machinery; Kennedy-Van Saun; Firestone (M1: Brandt, France)¹
Type
Cannon
Action
Other
Caliber
60mm
Made
c. 1938–1945production; ATF states no date²
Service
Military
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Source

Official wording
ATF P 5300.11, April 2025 edition · Section IV · PDF p. 89 ↗ · ATF original ↗
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Editorial facts
Confidence: Medium · Last revised 18 October 2026 (Evidence pass) · How we rate confidence
References
  1. Wikipedia, “M2 mortar” ↗, maker: Ordnance bought eight French-built Brandt mortars in 1938; first M2 production contract January 1940 to Read Machinery Co., York PA, then Kennedy-Van Saun (Danville PA) and Firestone
  2. Wikipedia, “M2 mortar” ↗, years
Fact tags
  • ATF the ATF wording states it.
  • REF ¹ an outside reference supports it; the number points to the list of references.
  • ESTIMATE an approximate or indirect reading, for example the production range of the base model.
  • NO CITATION we haven’t attached a reference for this fact; it’s our editorial reading, not ATF’s.
Source checked
20 October 2026: ATF’s page still lists the April 2025 edition
Corrections
2 changes · see below

Correction history

  1. Evidence passYears: 1940–1945 → 1938–1945. The eight M1 mortars ATF also lists were French-built Brandt guns bought in 1938
  2. Evidence passMaker: U.S. Government contractors → Read Machinery; Kennedy-Van Saun; Firestone (M1: Brandt, France). The M2 mortar article names the makers

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Historical context

60mm Mortar M2

Image: Wikimedia Commons, “M2-Mortar.jpg” by Curiosandrelics, CC BY-SA 3.0. Retrieved October 2026.

Summary: Wikipedia, “M2 mortar”. Text CC BY-SA 4.0.

FROM WIKIPEDIA

The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War for light infantry support.