Editing Armoured fighting vehicle (section)

==== Mortar carrier ====
{{Main|Mortar carrier}}
A mortar carrier, or self-propelled mortar, is a [[self-propelled artillery]] vehicle carrying one or more [[mortar (weapon)|mortar]] as its primary weapon. Mortar carriers cannot be fired while on the move and some must be dismounted to fire. In U.S. Army doctrine, mortar carriers provide close and immediate indirect fire support for maneuver units while allowing for rapid displacement and quick reaction to the tactical situation. The ability to relocate not only allows fire support to be provided where it is needed faster, but also allows these units to avoid [[counter-battery fire]]. Mortar carriers have traditionally avoided direct contact with the enemy. Many units report never using secondary weapons in combat.

Prior to the [[Iraq War]], American 120&nbsp;mm mortar platoons reorganized from six [[M1064 mortar carrier]]s and two M577 fire direction centres (FDC) to four M1064 and one FDC.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/eARMOR/content/issues/2006/JUL_AUG/ArmorJulyAugust2006web.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://www.benning.army.mil/Armor/eARMOR/content/issues/2006/JUL_AUG/ArmorJulyAugust2006web.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live |title=Mortar Platoon Training Focus to Meet the Evolving Battlefield |magazine=[[Armor (magazine)|Armor]] |last=Ward |first=CPT Stephen |publisher=United States Army Armor Center |location=[[Fort Knox]] |date=July–August 2006 |volume=CXV |issue=4 |pages=41–42 |issn=0004-2420}}</ref> The urban environment of Iraq made it difficult to utilize mortars. New technologies such as mortar ballistic computers and communication equipment and are being integrated. Modern era combat is becoming more reliant on [[direct fire]] support from mortar carrier [[machine gun]]s.
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File:T5E1-motar-carrier-4.2inch-haugh.jpg|T5E1 4.2inch mortar carrier variant of the [[M3 Scout Car]].
File:ParkPatriot2015part11-150.jpg|[[2S9 Nona]]-S 120&nbsp;mm Soviet [[self-propelled mortar]], 2016.
File:Stryker MCV-B.jpg|An American [[M1129 mortar carrier]]
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