Re-Working the Mortar Troop effectiveness

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Basically… Im thinking of moving the BR V mortars that nobody uses (cuz why would you if you can do more with full auto rifles or even BR IV semi-auto mag rifles.) to BR III and adding more effective Mortars to BR V. These 100+kg Mortars would have a new mechanic (New Mechanic for real BR V Mortars) where the mortar squad will actually have to first deploy the mortar, kind of like when the engineer builds a AT gun etc…

This is how i would envision the BRs to look like and which mortars would fill that role.

USSR
RM38 - BR I
Weight: 12.1kg
Caliber: 50mm
TNT equivalent: 100g

RM40 - BR I
Pretty much identical in performance to RM38

BM41 - BR III
Weight: 56kg
Caliber: 82mm
TNT Equivalent: 410g

PM38 - BR V
Weight: 170kg
Caliber: 107mm
TNT Equivalent: ~1kg TNT (Some fillings get 1.15kg)

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Allies
2 Inch Mortar - BR I
Weight: 4.8kg
Caliber: 51mm
TNT Equivalent: 100g

M2 Mortar - BR II
Weight: 19kg
Caliber: 60mm
TNT Equivalent: ~200g (Comp B filler)

3 Inch Mortar - BR III
Weight: 52.4kg
Caliber: 81mm
TNT Equivalent: 450g

ML 4.2 Inch Mortar - BR V
Weight: 151kg
Caliber: 107mm
TNT Equivalent: ~1.75kg

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Germany
Granatwerfer 36 - BR I
Weight: 14kg
Caliber: 50mm
TNT Equivalent: 128g

8cm GrW 42 - BR III
Weight: 30kg
Caliber: 81mm
TNT Equivalent: 500g

10 cm NbW 35 - BR V
Weight: 105kg
Caliber: 105mm
TNT Equivalent: 1.7kg

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Japan
Type 89 Mortar - BR I
Weight: 4.7kg
Caliber: 50mm
TNT Equivalent: 150g

Type 97 Mortar - BR III
Weight: 66kg
Caliber: 81mm
TNT Equivalent: 450g

Type 94 Mortar - BR V
Weight: 160kg
Caliber: 90mm
TNT Equivalent: 1.15kg

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