M252 mortar

M252 - 1980s portable 81 mm mortar of the US Army and Marine Corps. Article “M252 mortar” in English Wikipedia has 63.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 32 references and 12 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “M252 mortar” was edited by 4 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 4 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “M252 mortar”, its content was written by 102 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 184 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 146 times in English Wikipedia and cited 549 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17597 in May 2004
• Global: #43102 in May 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #76032 in December 2017
• Global: #128276 in December 2017

There are 9 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) M252 mortar		63.2814
2	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		60.7154
3	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		20.3373
4	Hungarian (hu) M252		13.3027
5	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		10.5759
6	German (de) M252		9.8764
7	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		5.9366
8	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		3.5744
9	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		2.8538

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "M252 mortar" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) M252 mortar		1 519 859
2	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		144 320
3	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		71 128
4	German (de) M252		61 964
5	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		25 660
6	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		8 981
7	Hungarian (hu) M252		8 423
8	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		4 930
9	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		3 084

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "M252 mortar" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) M252 mortar		6 221
2	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		478
3	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		382
4	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		253
5	German (de) M252		186
6	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		165
7	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		86
8	Hungarian (hu) M252		21
9	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "M252 mortar" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) M252 mortar		102
2	German (de) M252		27
3	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		17
4	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		13
5	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		8
6	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		6
7	Hungarian (hu) M252		5
8	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		4
9	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "M252 mortar" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) M252 mortar		4
2	German (de) M252		0
3	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		0
4	Hungarian (hu) M252		0
5	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		0
6	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		0
7	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		0
9	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "M252 mortar" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) M252 mortar		146
2	Chinese (zh) M252迫擊砲		110
3	Ukrainian (uk) 81-мм міномет M252		104
4	Japanese (ja) M252 81mm 迫撃砲		91
5	Russian (ru) 81-мм миномёт M252		47
6	Hungarian (hu) M252		29
7	German (de) M252		11
8	Polish (pl) 81 mm moździerz M252		8
9	Estonian (et) M252 miinipilduja		3

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#	Language	Value
de	German M252
en	English M252 mortar
et	Estonian M252 miinipilduja
hu	Hungarian M252
ja	Japanese M252 81mm 迫撃砲
pl	Polish 81 mm moździerz M252
ru	Russian 81-мм миномёт M252
uk	Ukrainian 81-мм міномет M252
zh	Chinese M252迫擊砲

Best Rank

English: #76032 12.2017

Global: #128276 12.2017

Best Rank

English: #17597 05.2004

Global: #43102 05.2004

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