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The Type 96 150mm mortar was never encountered by
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The Type 97 150mm mortar was essentially the Type 96 mortar but with the recoil mechanism eliminated. Both models where produced side-by-side as the Type 97 mortar proved to be lighter but less stable than the slightly older Type 96 mortar. A short barrel 150mm mortar, the Type 99 experimental
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