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{{Short description|WW2 German light mortar}}
{{Infobox weapon
 | name              = Granatwerfer 36
 | image             = Leichter Granatwerfer M35 noBG.jpg
 | image_size        = 300
 | caption           = leGrW 36 
 | origin            = {{flag|Nazi Germany}}
 | type              = [[Mortar (weapon)|Mortar]]
<!-- Type selection -->
 | is_ranged         = yes
 | is_bladed         = 
 | is_explosive      = 
 | is_artillery      = yes
 | is_vehicle        = 
<!-- Service history -->
 | service           = 1936&ndash;1945
 | used_by           = [[Wehrmacht]]<br />[[Bulgarian Army]]<br />[[Royal Hungarian Army]]<ref>{{cite book |last1= Lugosi |first1= József |editor1-first= József |editor1-last= Lugosi |editor2-first= György |editor2-last= Markó |title= Hazánk dicsőségére: 160 éves a Magyar Honvédség |year= 2008 |publisher= Zrínyi Kiadó|location= Budapest |isbn= 978-963-327-461-3 |page= 389 |chapter= Gyalogsági fegyverek 1868–2008}}</ref><br />[[Slovak Republic (1939–1945)#Slovak military|Slovakian Army]] (1939–1945)
 | wars              = [[Second World War]]
<!-- Production history -->
 | designer          = [[Rheinmetall]]
 | design_date       = 1934
 | manufacturer      = 
 | production_date   = 1936–1943
 | number            = 31,800<ref name=Granatwerfer>[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/granatwerfer.htm] {{in lang|de}}</ref>
 | unit_cost         = 400 [[Reichsmark|RM]]
 | variants          = 
<!-- General specifications -->
 | weight            = {{convert|14|kg|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name=giwarchive/>
 | length            = 
 | part_length       = {{convert|46.5|cm|ftin|abbr=on|sigfig=1}}<ref name=giwarchive/>
 | crew              = 2
<!-- Ranged weapon specifications --> 
 | cartridge         = {{convert|0.9|kg|lb|abbr=on}} [[Trinitrotoluene|TNT]] filled<ref name=giwarchive/>
 | caliber           = 50 mm (1.97 in)<ref name=giwarchive>{{cite book|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=German Infantry Weapons|url=https://archive.org/stream/GermanInfantryWeapons#page/n107/mode/2up|publisher=United States War Department|page=96|date=May 25, 1943}}</ref>
 | action            = 
 | rate              = 15-25 rpm
 | velocity          = {{convert|75|m/s|ft/s|}}
 | range             = {{convert|50|m|yd|abbr=on}} min<br>{{convert|510|m|yd|abbr=on}} max
 | max_range         = {{convert|520|m|yd|abbr=on}}<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/mortarsrockets0000cham|title=Mortars and rockets|last=Chamberlain|first=Peter|date=1975|publisher=Arco Pub. Co|others=Gander, Terry|isbn=0668038179|location=New York|oclc=2067459|url-access=registration}}</ref>
 | feed              = 
 | sights            = Telescopic, later none
<!-- Artillery specifications -->
 | breech            = 
 | recoil            = 
 | carriage          = 
 | elevation         = 42° to 90°
 | traverse          = 33° 45'<ref name=":0" />
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 | hilt_type         = 
 | head_type         = 
 | haft_type         = 
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}}

The '''5&nbsp;cm ''leichter Granatwerfer'' 36 ''' (5&nbsp;cm leGrW 36) was a light [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar]] used by [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]].

==History==
The mortar's development was started in 1934 by [[Rheinmetall|Rheinmetall-Borsig AG]] and it was adopted for service in 1936. Its intended role was to engage pockets of resistance that were beyond a hand grenade's throwing range. Until 1938, it used a complicated telescopic sight. By 1941, the ''Granatwerfer'' 36 was seen as too complex for its intended role. It fired too light a shell and had too short of a range. It was used as a platoon mortar and operated by a 3-man team. Production was terminated in 1941. By 1942, it had been gradually withdrawn from front line service. <!--[http://wo2verzameling.nl/duitse-mortier-uit-de-tweede-wereldoorlog-2/ mortars] link adds nothing of value to article-->However, it remained in use with second-line and garrison units until the end of the [[World War II|Second World War]] in 1945. As ammunition stocks for the mortar dwindled during 1944–1945, coupled with the loss of the actual mortars, the Germans often relied on captured French<ref>[http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Waffen/granatwerfer-R.htm lexikon-der-Wehrmacht.de] mentions German use of former [[Maginot Line]] 50-mm mortars in the [[Atlantic Wall]].</ref> and Soviet 50&nbsp;mm mortars. The 50&nbsp;mm continued to be popular for the remainder of the war, simply because it was easily transported by two men, and provided [[infantry]] with hitting power and a range capability greater than any other weapon readily available at the squad or section level. A total of 22,112,000 rounds of ammunition were produced for the weapon from 1939 to 1943.<ref name=Granatwerfer/>

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061210071035/http://www.mortarsinminiature.com/Ger5cm36.htm German 5cm Leichte Granatwerfer 36]
*[http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ltmortar/index.html Lone Sentry:50-mm Light Mortar, German]

== References ==
* Gander, Terry and Chamberlain, Peter. ''Weapons of the Third Reich: An Encyclopedic Survey of All Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the German Land Forces 1939-1945''. New York: Doubleday, 1979 {{ISBN|0-385-15090-3}}
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