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Today, there really isn't much point. A 120mm mortar matches the pack howitzer for portability and range, but delivers a much heavier round. Likewise, there are any number of direct fire weapons that can replace it in that role, starting with man-portable rocket launchers (e.g., Panzerfaust 3 and AT-4) and ending with man-portable or packable missile launchers (e.g., TOW or Javelin). There were a bunch of direct-fire-only 90mm gun proposals in the late 1980s that never came to anything. More recently, the only thing that comes close is Denel's 105mm LEO gun-howitzer. That is primarily an indirect-fire weapon, but its vehicle-mounted version is touted for having a useful direct-fire capability.
Today, there really isn't much point. A 120mm mortar matches the pack howitzer for portability and range, but delivers a much heavier round. Likewise, there are any number of direct fire weapons that can replace it in that role, starting with man-portable rocket launchers (e.g., Panzerfaust 3 and AT-4) and ending with man-portable or packable missile launchers (e.g., TOW or Javelin).
There were a bunch of direct-fire-only 90mm gun proposals in the late 1980s that never came to anything. More recently, the only thing that comes close is Denel's 105mm LEO gun-howitzer. That is primarily an indirect-fire weapon, but its vehicle-mounted version is touted for having a useful direct-fire capability.
