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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 ...
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.
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 ...
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)
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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.
Shqip; Slovenščina; Српски / srpski; ... Mortars by country (13 C, 2 P) Mortars by war (2 C) 0–9. 60mm mortars (15 P) 81mm mortars (17 P) 82 mm mortars (8 P)
During the American Civil War, the Union fleet included armored gunboats armed with 13 inch mortars; the weapon weighed 17,250 lbs and its bedding another 4,500 lbs. They fired 204-lb shells, with a bursting charge of 7 lbs of gunpowder, and had a range of three miles. At this distance, the projectile spent 30 seconds in flight.