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The 8-inch and 10-inch siege mortars had maximum ranges of 2,225 and 2,064 yards, respectively, (Abbot 1867, pp. 39–40) and the 13-inch seacoast mortar had a maximum range of 4,300 yards, but their effective ranges were much shorter. For the 8-inch siege mortar at a range of 800 yards, about 50% of the shells would fall within a 50-yard ...
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. 1861 United States: 1861 914: Little David United States: World War II: 914: Mallet's Mortar United ...
US Army 13-inch mortar "Dictator" was a rail-mounted gun of the American Civil War. The mortar had fallen out of general use in Europe by the Napoleonic era , although Manby Mortars were widely used on the coast to launch lines to ships in distress, and interest in their use as a weapon was not revived until the beginning of the 20th century.
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...
English: Title: 13 inch mortar "Dictator" in front of Petersburg, Va Abstract: Photograph shows Union officers and enlisted men standing around a large mortar on a platform on a flatbed railroad car near Petersburg, Virginia. Physical description: 1 photographic print on card mount : albumen ; 6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (image), 11 x 14 in. (mount)
USS John Griffith was a mortar schooner acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.She was used for various purposes, but especially for bombardment because of her large 13-inch mortar and 12-pounder howitzers that could fire up and over tall defensive riverbanks.
12-inch coast defense mortar United States: 1895 - 1945 305: 12-inch gun M1895 United States: 1895 - 1945 305: 30.5 cm SK L/50 gun Nazi Germany: 1909 - 1945 340: 340mm/45 Modèle 1912 gun France: World War II: 343: BL 13.5 inch naval gun Mk III disappearing gun United Kingdom: World War I - World War II 343: BL 13.5-inch Mk V railway gun United ...
Fort St. Philip was described as 'an irregular work, the body a parallelogram. Approaches to it are nearly impracticable.' [12] (Today, the fort is only accessible via boat or helicopter. [13]) The fort mounted twenty-nine 24-pound cannons, a 6-pound cannon, two howitzers (of 5.5-inch and 8 inch calibres) and a 13-inch mortar. Additionally, two ...