While grenadiers and mortars are both infantry light support**, they differ significantly in design and function.
The grenadier is a lightweight, individual soldier ** whose ammunition is fired by projectile. Its projectile mass is small, small in size, and usually has only a basic propellant, and no additional propellant can be added. Due to the fact that its barrel and base are threaded and cannot withstand too high pressure, its range is relatively short, usually between two hundred and five hundred meters. In addition, the shells of the grenadier barrel did not have a tail stabilization device and had relatively poor accuracy.
Mortars are a more complex system. Mortars use a one-piece barrel that can fire ammunition with a higher chamber pressure, and the amount of external propellant can be determined according to the range. Its shells have tail stabilization, which allows them to be highly accurate. In addition, the range of mortars generally exceeds two thousand meters, which is much more than that of grenadiers. The caliber of mortars can also be developed according to different tasks, such as 60 mm mortars at the company and battalion level, 82 mm mortars at the battalion level, and 120 mm mortars at the division level.
In general, grenadiers and mortars differ significantly in terms of range, accuracy, mode of use and complexity. In actual use, the appropriate ** should be selected according to the specific situation.