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Later a flat-track carriage was created that allowed the mortar to be used both as a high-angle and flat trajectory launcher, performing some of the same tasks as field artillery. [ 2 ] After World War I ended, the 7.58 cm Minenwerfer continued to be used in the Interwar Period by Germany and was used by Belgium into the 1930s.
The Albrecht mortars came in a number of lengths and diameters 25–45 cm (10–18 in) each with their own projectiles. They consisted of a muzzle loaded smooth bore barrel built from wooden staves and wound with galvanized wire for reinforcement.
21 cm L/14.5 Mörser 16 (mortar) 21 cm Mörser 10 (mortar) 21 cm Mörser 99 (mortar) 21 cm SK "Peter Adalbert" 21 cm Versuchmörser 06 (mortar) 24 cm SK L/30 "Theodor Otto" 24 cm SK L/40 "Theodor Karl" 28 cm Haubitze L/12 (howitzer) 28 cm Haubitze L/14 i.R. (howitzer) 28 cm K L/40 "Kurfürst" (six 28 cm MRK L/40 naval guns were converted to ...
During the war, a series of mines filled with explosive charges were placed beneath German lines to aid the advance of British troops. [2] The screenplay is based on an account of the ordeal written by Captain Oliver Woodward, [3] who is portrayed by Brendan Cowell in the film. Beneath Hill 60 was released in Australia on 15 April 2010.
Crew of SS Orca with British BL 7.5-inch naval howitzer, an anti-submarine mortar developed in 1917. Anti-submarine warfare did not become an issue of great concern until World War I, when Germany used submarines in an attempt to strangle British shipping in the Atlantic Ocean and elsewhere.
The 21 cm Mörser 10 (21 cm Mrs 10) was a heavy howitzer used by Germany in World War I (although classified as a mortar (Mörser) by the German military). It replaced the obsolete 21 cm Mörser 99, which lacked a recoil system. For transport, it broke down into two loads.
A German U-boat from the First World War is likely to have been sunk deliberately rather than being handed to the Allies, according to a 3D map produced by researchers.
The charge at Lochnagar was one of 19 mines that were dug under the German lines on the British section of the Somme front, to assist the infantry advance at the start of the battle. The mine was sprung at 7:28 a.m. on 1 July 1916 and left a crater 69 ft (21 m) deep and 330 ft (100 m) wide, which was captured and held by British troops.