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(Lightweight Company Mortar System) replaced the older (WWII-era) 60 mm M2 mortar and the inaccurate M19 Mortar and began fielding as prototypes in the mid-1970s during the Vietnam War. The M2s and M19s had an effective range of only 2000 m. While the M224s were designed to fire all types of the older ammunition, their primary rounds are of the newer, longer-range type that range out to 3489 m.

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