Not to be confused with Little David, an American large caliber mortar.
Mortar
Davidka
Davidka mortar, Givati Museum, Israel
Type
Mortar
Place of origin
Israel
Service history
In service
1948
Used by
Palmach
Wars
1948 Arab–Israeli War
Production history
Designer
David Leibowitch
Designed
1947–48
Produced
1948
No. built
Six
Specifications
Shell
Explosive grenade
Shell weight
40 kilograms (88.2 lb)
Caliber
3 inches (7.62 cm)
Filling
TNT
Filling weight
60 pounds (27.2 kg)
The Davidka (Yiddish: דוידקה, "Little David" or "Made by David" ) was a homemade Israeli mortar used in Safed and Jerusalem during 1947–1949 Palestine war. Its bombs were reported to be extremely loud, but very inaccurate and otherwise of little value beyond terrifying opponents; they proved particularly useful in scaring away both Arab soldiers and civilians. It is nominally classified as a 3-inch (76.2 mm) mortar, although the bomb was considerably larger.[1][2]
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Bernard Joseph (1960). The Faithful City: The Siege of Jerusalem, 1948. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 73. LCCN 60010976. OCLC 266413. It fired a bomb of nails and metal scrap which exploded with some force and - what was more important - with tremendous noise and fury.
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Collins, Larry; Lapierre, Dominique (1972). O Jerusalem!. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-297-99459-6. LCCN 73160924. They fired a shell made out of water pipes and packed with explosives, nails and bits of scrap metal.
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2003 Istanbul Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre Davidka Square bus bombing Café Hillel bombing Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Shmuel HaNavi bus...
2003 Istanbul Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre Davidka Square bus bombing Café Hillel bombing Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Shmuel HaNavi bus...
2003 Istanbul Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre Davidka Square bus bombing Café Hillel bombing Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Shmuel HaNavi bus...
2003 Istanbul Tel Aviv Central bus station massacre Davidka Square bus bombing Café Hillel bombing Maxim restaurant suicide bombing Shmuel HaNavi bus...
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