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The Ordnance ML 3-inch mortar was the United Kingdom's standard mortar used by the British Army from the early 1930s to the late 1960s, superseding the Stokes mortar. Initially handicapped by its short range compared to similar Second World War mortars, improvements of the propellant charges enabled it to be used with great satisfaction by ...
The spacing between the tubes is about 16 inches (41 cm) apart. The installation of the tubes are done at angle to allow water to drip out. If the angle is too steep, the opening hole inside the wall cavity will be too high for water to come out. If the angle is too flat, the mortar used in laying the bricks may drop into cavity and block the ...
2 inch Medium Trench Mortar/2-inch Howitzer United Kingdom: World War I: 48 52 SBML 2-Inch United Kingdom: World War II: 4.8 58.3 Mortier de 58 mm type 2 "Crapouillot" [4] France: World War I: 301 60 Granatenwerfer 16 German Empire: World War I: 88 60 60 COM 97 Finland: Modern 16.8 [3] 60 Brandt Mle 1935 France: World War II: 19.05 60 M2 United ...
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.
Packed in individual inner black cardboard tubes, 3 tubes packed in outer black cardboard tubes conjoined by three-lobed "cloverleaf" endcaps secured by wingnuts on a central carriage bolt through the center, packed in a long triangular-ended slatted wooden crate. Gross Weight: 172 lbs. Volume: 3.24 Cubic Feet.
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The 4.2 in (110 mm) mortar was a smooth-bore weapon of the Stokes pattern and was designed by the Armaments Research and Development Establishment and produced by the Royal Ordnance Factories. [5] It entered widespread British service in 1942, equipping chemical warfare companies of the Royal Engineers (RE).
Ordnance QF 3 inch howitzer was a howitzer fitted to British cruiser and infantry type tanks of the Second World War so they could fire a smoke shell in "close support" of other tanks or infantry. HE shells were also available. Earlier British tanks were fitted with a 3.7 in howitzer, based on the QF 3.7-inch mountain howitzer.