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The Ordnance SBML two-inch mortar, or more commonly, just "two-inch mortar", was a British mortar issued to the British Army and the Commonwealth armies, that saw use during the Second World War and later. It was more portable than larger mortars, and had greater range and firepower than rifle grenades. Its main purpose was to produce smoke for ...
Spigot mortars generally fell out of favour after World War II and were replaced by smaller conventional mortars. Military applications of spigot mortars include: The 230 mm (9.1 in) petard mortar used on the Churchill AVRE by Britain in World War II. [20] The 320 mm (13 in) Type 98 mortar used by Japan in World War II to some psychological ...
The M2 mortar is a 60 millimeter smoothbore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used by U.S. forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War for light infantry support. Description [ edit ]
Due to the initial need to rectify design issues 1937 Model mortars continued to be used during World War II and produced alongside Models 1941 and 1943. As many Model 1937 Mortars were lost early in the war, this mortar served in the Battle for Moscow , Battle of Stalingrad , Battle of Kursk , and other campaigns, operations and engagements of ...
The mortar was to fire into "dead zone" or "blind zone" areas that were out of range and direct sighting for the machine guns, such as low spots in the terrain and the far sides of hills and ridges. In this way enemy soldiers seeking cover from direct fire would be flushed out into the open, so that the machine guns could engage them.
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
Initially used on the Eastern Front in World War II, the spade mortar fell into disuse after 1942. During the Iran–Iraq War , the Iranian Army developed a similar device, the 37 mm marsh mortar , for use on marshy ground, as 37 mm was the maximum shell size for which recoil did not drive the mortar into the soft ground.
After World War II, the mortars were handed over to the Royal Artillery, the 170th Mortar Battery used them at the Battle of Imjin River in Korea. They were used during the 1950s, also by airborne artillery, deployed to Kuwait in 1961 and manned by soldiers from air defence batteries during the Confrontation in Borneo in 1965.