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Pages in category "World War I mortars of France" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Unlike the Germans the French lacked portable mortars like the 7.58 cm Minenwerfer, 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer or 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer. The mortars that the French did have the Obusier de 155 mm C modèle 1881 and Mortier de 220 mm modèle 1880 were siege artillery designed to arm France's forts that were much heavier than their opponents ...
The Mortier de 220 mm L modèle 1880 was a French heavy mortar employed as siege artillery during the First World War. In an effort to improve the mobility of the mle 1880, 100 mortars were given six-wheeled carriages called Affût de Circonstance Schneider. The carriages were built from steel with a two-wheeled axle at the front and a four ...
French 240 mm. W L Ruffel, French Mortars of WW1; List and pictures of World War I surviving 240 LT mortars; US 240 mm. The US manuals for the mortar appear to be based on French manuals e.g. the soldiers depicted are in French uniform. "Handbook of the 9.45-inch trench mortar matériel" United States Ordnance Department. December 1917.
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 ...
Pages in category "World War I artillery of France" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
The Mortier de 150 mm T Modèle 1917 Fabry was the standard French heavy trench mortar of World War I. It remained in service through 1940, with some 1,159 available during the Phony War. The tube was supported by two recoil-recuperators in a flask-rocker assembly that was mounted on a platform with six fixed spades.
The Mortier de 270 mm G mle 1885 was one of a series of heavy artillery pieces designed by Colonel Charles Ragon de Bange.On 11 May 1874 three de Bange heavy cannons (120 mm, 155 mm, 240 mm) and two mortars (220 mm, 270 mm) were ordered by the French Army.