page_title: Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1
section_title: Service
hierarchical_section_title: Mortier 120mm Rayé Tracté Modèle F1 / Service
caption_attribution_description: English: French soldiers of 2nd Foreign Infantry Regiment prepare to fire a 120mm MO-120-RT-61 rifled mortar as it stands in position behind a VTM 120 mortar towing vehicle. The equipment is part of a display of Allied armor and weaponry taking place during Operation Desert Shield.
context_page_description: The MO-120 RT or MO-120-RT is a heavy mortar mortar of French origin. The RT in the designator stands for rayé, tracté, which means rifled, towed. The MO-120-RT is currently used by the French Army, and has also been sold to more than 24 foreign countries or is produced under licence in various countries. The MO-120 RT is issued by artillery units, where it augments the 155 mm artillery, or infantry units in some countries.
context_section_description: In French service, this weapon is normally towed by the VTM 120 (Véhicule Tracteur Mortier de 120 mm), a wheeled armored vehicle that is a derivative of the VAB 4×4 series of armored personnel carrier. Towing is accomplished by a towing hitch that is screwed onto the muzzle of the weapon. The VTM 120 also carries 70 rounds for the mortar and offers basic ballistic protection from small arms fire and shrapnel for the crew. The RT-61 can also be towed by the AMX-10 TM (Tracteur de Mortier), which is a version of the AMX-10P tracked APC or the future French Scorpion SERVAL Vehicle.
  In France, the mortars which originally equipped infantry regiments, have now all been transferred to the artillery regiments, where they augment the 155 mm towed artillery.
  Manufacturers other than Thomson-Brandt as mentioned above include Thomson-CSF/Daimler Benz Aerospace (France/Germany(?)), Hotchkiss Brandt (Netherlands) as the "HB Rayé".
caption: MO-120-RT-61 and Véhicule Tracteur de Mortier 120 during Opération Daguet.
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