{"id":70617,"date":"2023-11-04T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T16:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=70617"},"modified":"2023-11-04T04:42:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T10:42:45","slug":"know-your-ww2-weapons-japanese-model-89-knee-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/04\/know-your-ww2-weapons-japanese-model-89-knee-mortar\/","title":{"rendered":"Know Your WW2 Weapons: Japanese Model 89 Knee Mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70619 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-623x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"623\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-623x1024.jpg 623w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-183x300.jpg 183w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-768x1262.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-300x493.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89-850x1397.jpg 850w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Jap-89.jpg 852w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 623px) 100vw, 623px\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearmorylife.com\/japanese-model-89-knee-mortar\/\">Japanese Model 89 Knee Mortar<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>For more than a century, American troops have given a wide variety of nicknames to their own weapons, and also those of their enemies. During World War II, American troops in the Pacific Theatre created a nickname for a highly effective Japanese weapon that was a bit misleading. The G.I. and Marine moniker \u201cKnee Mortar\u201d was used to describe the Japanese Model 89 50mm Grenade Discharger, and Colonel Edson, the famous commander of the USMC Raiders in the Solomon Islands, summed up the errant nickname like this:\u00a0<em>\u201cThe name<\/em>\u00a0<em>\u2018Knee mortar\u2019 is a misnomer. It is not fired<\/em>\u00a0<em>from the knee. One of my men tried this and<\/em>\u00a0<em>broke his leg.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>As for the Japanese, they called it\u00a0\u201cJuteki\u201d,\u00a0and it was officially was designated\u00a0\u201cHachikyu Shiki\u201d.\u00a0Whatever it was called, the Type 89 was deadly, particularly in jungle warfare.<\/h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thearmorylife.com\/japanese-model-89-knee-mortar\/\">RTWT.<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-70618 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89-1024x738.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89-1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89-768x554.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89-850x613.jpg 850w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Model-89.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Japanese Model 89 Knee Mortar &nbsp; For more than a century, American troops have given a wide variety of nicknames to their own weapons, and also those of their enemies. During World War II, American troops in the Pacific Theatre created a nickname for a highly effective Japanese weapon that was a bit misleading. 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