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A Confederate-built rough iron 24-pounder Coehorn at Petersburg in 1864 Coehorn at Fort King George. The original Coehorn was light enough to be moved by as few as two men, although a four-man crew was more practical for rapid movement. It proved immediately popular: the 74 used at Kaiserswerth were increased to over 300 at Bonn six months later.
Federal forces fired over 40,000 mortar rounds during the siege, and the Confederates returned a nearly equal fire (Abbot 1867, pp. 18–19). The Federal forces mounted a 13-inch Coehorn mortar on a railroad flatcar. This mortar was nicknamed the Dictator. The car was fired from a section of the Petersburg and City Point Railroad where moving ...
Albrecht Mortar German Empire: World War I 254: 10-inch siege mortar M. 1841 United States: 1841 254: 10-inch seacoast mortar M. 1841 United States: 1841 260: 26 cm Minenwerfer M 17 Austria-Hungary: World War I 320: 320 mm Type 98 mortar Japan: World War II: 325: Mortier de 12 Gribeauval Kingdom of France: 1781 330: 13-inch seacoast mortar M ...
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One Coehorn mortar; One 10-inch siege mortar M. 1841; One 4-inch ordnance; Two 30-pounder Parrotts [4] [5] The following troops garrisoned at Fort Bunker Hill: 11th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry; Company B, Main Coast Guards; Detachment 2d Company, New Hampshire Heavy Artillery; 150th Ohio National Guard; Battery G, 3rd United ...
A Guide to Modern Mortar Systems "Field Manual 3-22.90 – Mortars" (PDF). Department of the Army. December 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2013 "Field Manual 3-22.91 – Mortar Fire Direction Procedures" (PDF). Department of the Army. 17 July 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2013
In May 1701, Van 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 at Kaiserworth in 1702 and variations remained in service during the US Civil War in 1861. [ 28 ]
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