Aaarrrrgggghhhh!  I just wrote a very literate and rational appeal to advocate that FIST companies be given organic mortar support, and it took so long to write it that the site logged me out!  All that beautiful verbiage: *BLIP*  Straight into the bitbucket.

OK, I'll just direct you to the M224 60mm Mortar article on Wikipedia.  It has longer range than the trusty 81mm I used while in my Army service (and David is familiar with from his 'Nam service), and is way lighter.  Confederation DoD R&D needs to dig out the specs and resurrect this weapon.  Can you imagine a white phosporous round from this weapon exploding in the midst of a group of Skinks?  FLASH!  Even if they were under water!