Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupinda kweUnited States muHondo yeNyika II, U.S. Army yakasarudza kugadzira pfuti ine simba rakakura rokuputika kuitira kuti ishandiswe mubasa rokuparadzanisa vanhu vaivenga muvengi. Kuti awedzere nharaunda yacho kusvika ku1, mafuta akawanda anosimudzira akashandiswa uye zvikamu zvedhiramu zvakasimbiswa. Pakupedzisira, nharaunda yemarata yakawedzerwa kusvika ku. Mugodhi wakashandurwa wakapiwazve zita rokuti M2. M2 yakatanga kushandiswa muSicilian Campaign
, apo pfuti dzinenge 35 000 dzakapfurwa pachishandiswa chombo chitsva. Gare gare, chigayo chakaratidza kuva chombo chinobetsera zvikurukuru munharaunda dzomugariro wakashata dzakadai semakomo nemasango, umo zvombo zvechiuto zvaisagona kutamisirwa. M2 yakatsiviwa zvishoma nezvishoma muU.S. basa kubva muna 1951 neM30 mortar.