A Coehorn /ˈkoʊhɔːrn/ (also spelled cohorn) is a lightweight mortar originally designed by Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn. Van Coehoorn came...

shell, which had a fuse that was lit by the hot gases when fired. The Coehorn mortar gained quick popularity, necessitating a new form of naval ship...

escape by sea, while Joseph Wightman's force of around 1,000 men with four Coehorn mortars advanced towards Glen Shiel. On 9 June, they reached Loch Cluanie...

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armies. It was used during both battles and sieges. For several centuries Coehorn mortars were fired indirectly because their fixed elevation meant range...

be disassembled and carried by rail or ship to travel any distance. The Coehorn mortar however was a type of small mortar light enough to be carried by...

gunners switched to canister shot, which was augmented by fire from the coehorn mortars situated behind the government front line. As there was no need...

breached. Van Coehoorn developed a small and easily movable mortar named the coehorn, variations of which were used in sieges until the 19th century. It would...

were used during the war: siege & garrison (light), seacoast (heavy) and Coehorns are also classified as siege & garrison. (Ripley 1984, pp. 60–61) While...

many. Union artillery bombarded the Confederates with a battery of eight Coehorn mortars; the Confederates responded by depressing the trail of a 24-pound...

Retrieved 26 February 2023 – via The long, long trail. Forty ancient Coehorn mortars, firing spherical ammunition using black powder charges,were obtained...

the Dutch Republic, Stedman married a Dutch woman, Adriana Wierts van Coehorn, and started a family with her. According to Stanbury Thompson's edition...

Korea, Vietnam 140 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15  Austria-Hungary World War I 148 Coehorn mortar M. 1841  United States 1841 150 Mortier de 150 mm T Mle 1917 Fabry...

guns (smooth), one 24-pounder F. D. howitzer (smooth), one 24-pounder Coehorn mortar. Magazines, two; dry and in good condition. Ammunition, full supply...

Bastion on 10 September.: 478  A third battery of six 18-pounder guns and 12 Coehorn mortars was set up near the old Custom House less than 200 yards (180 m)...

March 1793 General characteristics Tons burthen 190 (bm) Complement 70 Armament 18 × 9&12−pounder guns + 2 × 12-pounder coehorn mortars + 6 swivel guns...

many Highlanders were without targes to protect from bayonets). However, Coehorn mortar shelling and devastating enfilade musket fire from the deeply echeloned...

kinds of shot: round iron and canister. The other weapon used was the Coehorn mortar. These had a calibre of 4+2⁄5 inches (11 cm). Captain-General: Duke...

Roman castrum into a seven-bastion baroque fortress, developing Menno van Coehorn's new Dutch system, of which the fortress of Alba Iulia is the best preserved...

included 4.5 inch Parrott Rifles at the Shepherd Battery and two 24-pound Coehorn Mortars and one 10 inch seacoast mortar along the land face. 12-pound Napoleon-M1857...

was armed with four 32-pounder guns, three 24-pounder howitzers, and two Coehorn mortars. Eventually, eight smaller artillery pieces were added to the fort...

refers to a tinker's mortar. Another account refers to a hand mortar as a coehorn, and attributes its invention to a Dutch engineer, Menno Van Coehoorn,...

September 1782 General characteristics Tons burthen 240, or 250, or 300 (bm) Complement 20, or 40 Armament 14 × 6-pounder guns + 4 × 6-pounder coehorns...

PH. MORTIER RICHEPANCE LABOISSIERE ROCHAMBEAU HEUDELET MAZAS WATHIEZ COËHORN GUYOT DE LACOUR VALLIN BESSIERES ÉBLÉ CHERIN DELZONS DONZELOT VIALA SCHRAMM...

surprise to the French and British. The French were able to use modèle 1838 Coehorn mortars dating from just after the Napoleonic Wars, some of which were...

officers and men, six 12 pounders, six 6 pounders, 4 howitzers and around 30 coehorn mortars) commanded by Captain Orde A detachment of 33 sailors, Lieutenant...

Coehoorn demonstrated a light-weight mortar to William, later known as the Coehorn (sic). Designed to provide cover for infantry assaults, it was first used...

United States Bullion Depository, was named after Henry Knox. Source: Coehorn (brass) 57⁄10 in: 2 41⁄2 in: 4 Mortar (brass) 41⁄2 in: 1 Mortar (iron)...

left Inverness on 5 June for Glen Shiel with around 1,000 men and four Coehorn mortars. They reached Loch Cluanie on 9 June, less than 8 miles (13 km)...

Armstrongs, two 24-pounder howitzers, two eight-inch mortars, and six Coehorn mortars.[citation needed] According to accounts by Hēni Te Kiri Karamū...