Heavy mortars are large-calibre mortars designed to fire a relatively heavy shell on a high angle trajectory. Such weapons have a relatively short range, but are usually less complex than similar calibre field artillery.
This category includes the "Trench Mortars" of World War I which were all too heavy and cumbersome, and hence lacked the mobility, to be classed as infantry mortars.
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Heavymortars are large-calibre mortars designed to fire a relatively heavy shell on a high angle trajectory. Such weapons have a relatively short range...
W L Ruffel, French Mortarsof WW1 List and pictures of World War I surviving 240 LT mortars US 240 mm The US manuals for the mortar appear to be based...
The Monster Mortar (French: Mortier Monstre) was one of the largest mortars ever developed. Also called Leopold or the Liège mortar, the 24 inches (610 mm)...
development on the towed mortars first used in World War II. 2S12 is in fact the designator for the combination of the 2B11 "Sani" heavymortar with its transport...
the "Trench Mortars" of World War I which were all too heavy and cumbersome, and hence lacked the mobility, to be classed as infantry mortars. Infantry...
velocity ofmortar, largest shell 362 m/s Made in Finland Wikimedia Commons has media related to 120 Krh 92. Listofheavymortars M120 120 mm mortar 120 mm...
120 mm light mortars (Israel), Mortars". Jane's. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012. MAKING THE MORTAR SMARTER Archived...
machine guns, autocannons and small calibre mortars, which are not included in this list. Also excluded from this list are weapons installed in self-propelled...
large dimensions, total mass, and the heavy weight of their projectiles (and the M-240 in particular), these mortars could hardly hope to function in the...
George) to expedite manufacture of the Stokes mortar. In the last quarter of 1915, 304 Stokes mortars were produced. Only 104 of these reached the front, however...
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1867, p. 39) Coehorn mortars were lighter mortars, designed to be brought well forward in the trenches. With the replacement of masonry fortifications...
modern combat. For the most part, the following lists of artillery cover guns, howitzers, mortars, and other large projectile weapons. Small arms and missiles...
M30 106.7 mm (4.2 inch, or "Four-deuce") heavymortar is an American rifled, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire...
(1975). Mortars and rockets. New York : Arco Pub. Co. pp. 25–26. ISBN 978-0-668-03817-1. Retrieved 28 February 2024. Chamberlain, Peter (1975). "Mortars and...
improved mortar technologies. While artillery generally fires in a trajectory closest to the horizontal, mortars fire closer to the vertical. Mortars had largely...
obstacles or in urban area compared with more heaviermortars. M74 provides 12 rds per minute rate of fire and it is intended to be used to deliver 15-20...
40/43M Mortars OFB E1 51 mm mortar L16 81mm mortar Ordnance ML 4.2 inch mortar 120 mm E1 light mortar 81 mm mortars for infantry 160 mm mortars in reserve...
Type 14 27 cm heavymortar [ja] Type 98 320 mm mortar Type 4 20 cm rocket launcher Type 3 300 mm heavymortar on Type 4 Ha-To SP heavymortar carrier Type...
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