Profile
- Type
- 120 mm illumination mortar projectile
- Conflict side
- Israel
- Origin
- Israel
- Service note
- Current-service illumination munition
Artillery
M996 mortar projectile
The M996 is Elbit Systems Land's 120 mm illuminating mortar ammunition, listed as the M996/M930E1 round with a 7,000 m range and more than 50 seconds of light. Open Source Munitions Portal catalogs the model in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War.
- Conflict side
- Israel
- Built by
- Elbit Systems Land
- Built in
- Israel
Service History
- Used by
- Israel Defense Forces
- Wars
- Israel-Hamas War
Production History
- Built by
- Elbit Systems Land
- Built in
- Israel
- Variants
- M930E1
Specifications
- Caliber
- 120 mm
- Effect
- Illumination
- Range
- Up to 7,000 m
- Illumination duration
- More than 50 seconds
- Intensity
- 1 million cd
- Fuze
- Time fuze
Conflict Usage
- Israel-Hamas War
- Side: IsraelRole: Illumination fire support
The M996 illumination mortar projectile is documented in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas War; OSMP catalogs the model in the war's Gaza collection.
M996 mortar projectile Images
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Mortar Ammunition PortfolioPublisher: Elbit Systems Land | Note: Supports M996/M930E1 manufacturer background and specifications for the 120 mm illuminating mortar round. | Accessed: 2026-06-20M996Publisher: Open Source Munitions Portal | Note: Supports Israel-Hamas War direct-use context for the M996 mortar projectile used in Gaza and cataloged in the OSMP Israel and Gaza collection. | Accessed: 2026-06-20120mm mortar bomb illuminating, photographed at the Aalborg Forsvars- og Garnisonsmuseum.JPGPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain attribution for the representative illumination mortar round image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Mortar night fire 140318-A-TW035-307.jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain attribution for the night-fire mortar illumination image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20Light up the night (6285977).jpgPublisher: Wikimedia Commons | Note: Supports image provenance and public-domain attribution for the additional mortar illumination image. | Accessed: 2026-06-20