BM-37 Mortar

The BM-37 (also known under the names M-37 and 82-BM-37) is a Soviet 82mm mortar. It was designed by Nikolay Aleksandrovich Dorovlyov and accepted into service in 1937. The design of the mortar is based on the French Brandt system. The index "BM" means "batalyonny minomyot" roughly translated to mortar for battalion service. During World War II and the postwar period, this mortar was used in large quantities and was withdrawn from service only in the 1970s. The BM-37 exists in several modifications, including postwar Chinese Type 53, Egyptian M-69.
An earlier version of the 82mm mortar, the BM-36, was produced in relatively small numbers. The main visual difference between the BM-36 and BM-37 is the shape of the baseplate: square on BM-36 and round on BM-37. Two simplified wartime versions, the BM-41 and BM-43, had arched construction baseplates, styled after a 120mm mortar, and a removable wheel base.
==Specifications==
(1937 - 1970s)
Type: Medium mortar
Barrel Length: 1.22 m (4 ft)
Weight: 56 kilograms (120 lb)
Calibre: 82 millimetres (3.2 in)
Rate of fire: 25-30 rpm
Maximum range: 3,040 m (3,320 yd)
Shell: 3.05 kg (6 lb 12 oz)
==Film==
Title 	Actor	Character 	Notation 	Date
Fighting Film Collection No. 12 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 12) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1942
The Bridge (Most) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1942
The Turning Point (Velikiy perelom) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1945
The Star (Zvezda) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1949
The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1949
Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) 	 	German and Soviet soldiers 	 	1960
Check Passed: No Mines (Provereno nema mina) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1965
Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1968
I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	Seen in documentary footage 	1968
Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh) 	 	German soldiers 	As a substitution for Granatwerfer 34 Mortar	1971
Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran) 	 	Soviet partisans 	 	1975
Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...)	 	Soviet partisans 	 	1976
Cross of Iron 	 	Soviet and German troops 	82-BM-41 	1977
From the Bug to the Vistula (Ot Buga do Visly) 	 	Soviet partisans 	 	1980
Across the Gobi and the Khingan (Govi Khyangand tulaldsan ni) 	 	Imperial Japanese Army soldiers	 	1981
Day of Division Commander (Den komandira divizii) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1983
The Battalions Request Fire (Batalyony prosyat ognya) 	 	Soviet soldiers 	 	1985
Battery Number One (Edinichka) 	 	German soldiers 	 	2015
==Television==
Title 	Actor 	Character 	Notes /Episode 	Release Date
Czterej pancerni i pies 	 	German soldiers 	Stand-in for Granatwerfer 34 Mortar 	1966-1970
Czterej pancerni i pies 	Franciszek Pieczka	Cpl. Gustaw Jeleń 	only the ammunition as a hand grenades 	1966-1970
Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) 	 	German soldiers 	Stand-in for Granatwerfer 34 Mortar; Ep.10	1984
Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom)	 	German and Soviet troops	 	2013
Snow and Ashes (Sneg i pepel) 	 	German soldiers 	 	2015
The Last Battle (Posledniy boy) 	 	German soldiers 	Stand-in for Granatwerfer 34 Mortar 	2019
The Saboteur 3: Crimea (Diversant. Krym) 	 	German soldiers 	 	2020
==Video Game==
Game Title 	Appears as	Note 	Release Date
Company of Heroes 2	 	82-BM-41	2013
Enlisted 	 	82-BM-41	2021
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Category:Mortar