and a sight. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons for close fire support with a variety of ammunition. Historically mortars were heavy siege...
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anti-submarine weapon that was used primarily during the Second World War. The device, which was developed by the Royal Navy, fired up to 24 spigot mortars ahead...
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Look up mortar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mortar may refer to: Mortar (weapon), an indirect-fire infantry weapon Mortar (masonry), a material...
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The M252 81 mm medium weight mortar is a British-designed smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support...
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equipment Mortar (weapon) Similar weapons: M252 mortar – (United Kingdom) M6 mortar – (Austria) Listings: List of artillery List of crew-served weapons of the...
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The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam...
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The 3-inch trench mortar is a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading weapon for high angles of fire. Although it is called a 3-inch mortar, its bore is actually...
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Soltam K6 (redirect from M120 120 mm mortar)
120 Krh/40 – The Finnish weapon that served as the basis for Soltam M-65 and K6 Cardom 120 mm recoil mortar system M1064 mortar carrier – M113 series vehicle...
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A mortar carrier, or self-propelled mortar, is a self-propelled artillery piece in which a mortar is the primary weapon. This list includes mortar carrier...
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a British World War II ship-mounted anti-submarine weapon. It consisted of a three-barrelled mortar which launched depth charges. It replaced the Hedgehog...
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An 81-mm mortar is a medium-weight mortar. It is a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support of...
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The M19 Mortar is a light, smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon for light infantry support developed and produced in the United States...
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Mounted Mortar) is a vehicle-mounted, rifled 120 mm heavy mortar produced by Thales of France. It is derived from the MO-120-RT towed mortar. The 2R2M...
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7 mm (4.2 inch, or "Four-deuce") heavy mortar is an American rifled, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support...
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Limbo, or Anti Submarine Mortar Mark 10 (A/S Mk.10), was the final development of the forward-throwing anti-submarine weapon Squid, designed during the...
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firearm Gatling gun Minigun / Microgun Rotary cannon Close-in weapon system Artillery Mortar Artillery battery Anti-aircraft gun / flak cannon Coastal artillery...
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A mortar carrier, or self-propelled mortar, is a self-propelled artillery piece in which a mortar is the primary weapon. Simpler vehicles carry a standard...
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helicopter and assembled for firing from the ground. The weapon can be man-packed by the mortar detachment, in which case the ammunition would be carried...
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Short-Range Assault Weapon (SRAW) M79 grenade launcher XM148 grenade launcher M75 grenade launcher M29 mortar M19 mortar M1 mortar M2 mortar M101 Howitzer M102...
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(230 mm) in diameter and weighed 42 lb (19 kg), hence this weapon is more comparable to a standard mortar of approximately 5–6 in (130–150 mm) bore. As the Western...
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"Ghost rockets", was an artillery weapon used by the Japanese military throughout World War II. The Type 98 mortar was first utilized during the Battle...
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anti-submarine weapons were developed. Forward-throwing anti-submarine mortars were introduced in 1942 to prevent loss of sonar contact. These mortars, the first...
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C-RAM (redirect from Counter Rockets, Artillery and Mortar-Fire)
artillery, and mortar, abbreviated C-RAM or counter-RAM, is a set of systems used to detect and/or destroy incoming rockets, artillery, and mortars before they...
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resembles a long-barrelled, long-ranged variant of that weapon. The Brandt 60mm LR gun-mortar was developed directly from the Brandt Mle CM60A1 and retains...
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Infantry Gun". The weapon was manufactured in 1942 in the Osaka Army Arsenal. Although the Japanese weapon closely resembles the US 81-mm mortar, M1, there are...
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smoothbore mortar first introduced in 1943 as a modified version of the M1938 mortar. It virtually replaced the M1938 as the standard weapon for mortar batteries...
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been tested against mortar rounds and drones, and fitted to a Wolfhound armoured vehicle. The UK MoD claims the firing of the weapon, for 10 seconds, only...
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The M1 mortar is an American 81 millimeter caliber mortar. It was based on the French Brandt mortar. The M1 mortar was used from before World War II until...
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employed towed M240 240 mm mortars in the Syrian Civil War starting in 2012 against the city of Homs, making it the largest mortar weapon employed in contemporary...
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Karl-Gerät (redirect from Thor (mortar))
also known as Mörser Karl, was a World War II German self-propelled siege mortar (Mörser) designed and built by Rheinmetall. Its heaviest munition was a...
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