Belgian Infantry Squad WM-1-11-2022 this Medium Mortar is ready

this Medium Mortar is ready to range in and destroy the enemy

24 January 1941

Although capable of some independent thought

It was both loved and hated by its crews who referred to it as the Suka – ‘bitch’ –because its thin armour and open top made it vulnerable while its low ground pressure and light weight made it manoeuvrable

Belgian Infantry Squad WM-1-11-2022 this Medium Mortar is readyMaking up the core of the Belgian Army tasked with resisting the inexorable advance of the German Blitzkrieg swarming across France and the Low Countries in 1940, the Belgian Army infantry squad would largely follow the Great War doctrine of static defence. The squad is led by a sergeant carrying an MP 28 submachine gun. The Fusil mitrailleur 1930 (FM 30) Browning light machine gun (more commonly known as the 'Belgian BAR') serves as the squad LMG,