List of heavy mortars
Appearance
Heavy mortars are large-calibre mortars which fire a heavy shell on a high angle trajectory. These weapons have a short range, but are usually less complex than similar sized field artillery.
This category includes the "Trench Mortars" of World War I. These were all heavy and difficult to move.
Muzzle-loading
[change | change source]Breech-loading
[change | change source]Caliber (mm) | Weapon name | Country of origin | Period |
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105 | 10 cm Nebelwerfer 40 | Nazi Germany | World War II |
120 | 12 cm Luftminenwerfer M16 | Austria-Hungary | World War I |
150 | 15 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 M. E. | Austria-Hungary | World War I |
160 | 160mm Mortar M1943 | Soviet Union | World War II |
200 | 20 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16 | Austria-Hungary | World War I |
210 | 21 cm GrW 69 | Nazi Germany | World War II |
240 | M240 towed mortar | Soviet Union | Cold War |
280 | Mortier de 280 Schneider | France | World War I |
280 | Blind Pig LOLZ Mortar | Canada | World War I |
325 | 12-inch Coast defense mortar M1886, M1890, and M1908 | United States | WWI, WWII |
420 | 2B1 Oka | Soviet Union | Cold War |
Related pages
[change | change source]References
[change | change source]- ↑ Internal bore size not warhead size. Comparable to 6 inch mortars
- ↑ 90 mm spigot size. Bomb was 200 mm
- ↑ 169 mm spigot size. Bomb was 380 mm.
- ↑ Alexander, Joseph. "The Japanese 320mm spigot mortar," Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback MachineClosing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima; retrieved 2012-2-20.