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Japanese 90mm, 120mm, and 150mm mortars were labeled as "trench mortars" and were effectively controlled by Imperial Japanese Army artillery units instead of infantry units. Initially Japanese trench mortars where primarily developed as chemical-delivery weapons, but would mainly see service in conventional roles during the Greater East Asia War.
World War I / World War II 305: 12-inch coast defense mortar M1886, M1890, M1908, and M1912 United States: World War I / World War II 370: Mortier de 370 modèle 1914 Filloux France: World War I / World War II 420: 2B1 Oka Soviet Union: Cold War 540: Karl-Gerät 041 Nazi Germany: World War II 600: Karl-Gerät 040 Nazi Germany: World War II
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 ...
The M-19 Maschinengranatwerfer is a German 50 mm mortar which was used during World War II. The mortar was developed in 1934 for the purpose of defending permanent military bases. It had a maximum rate of fire of 120 rounds per minute and a range of 750 metres.
After World War II the Belgium Fly-K silent spigot mortar was accepted into French service as the TN-8111. [18] [19] A hedgehog launcher on display. Note the exposed spigot on the lower left launcher. Spigot mortars generally fell out of favour after World War II and were replaced by smaller conventional mortars.
The Stokes mortar was a simple weapon, consisting of a smoothbore metal tube fixed to a base plate (to absorb recoil) with a lightweight bipod mount. When a mortar bomb was dropped into the tube, an impact sensitive primer in the base of the bomb would make contact with a firing pin at the base of the tube, and ignite the propellant charge in the base, launching the bomb towards the target.
Japanese 90mm, 120mm, and 150mm mortars were labeled as "trench mortars" and were effectively controlled by Imperial Japanese Army artillery units instead of infantry units. [4] Initially Japanese trench mortars where primarily developed as chemical-delivery weapons, but would mainly see service in conventional roles during the Greater East ...
The Type 97 81mm infantry mortar was essentially a straight copy of the Brandt 81mm mortar with only a few Japanese-specific changes that differentiated the type from French and American derivatives. The Type 97 81mm mortar used Type 98 and Type 100 HE rounds, use of smoke and illumination rounds was restricted to larger trench mortar types. [5]