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The ML 9.45-inch (240 mm) mortar was a design based on the French 240 mm Trench Mortar and introduced in 1916, the British version differed from the French LT weapon in that the propellant charge was loaded through the muzzle [42] In June 1916, following unsatisfactory trials with the French model, the army replaced them with 30 of its own ...
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.
The ML 9.45 inch heavy trench mortar, [3] nicknamed the "Flying Pig", [4] was a large calibre mortar of World War I and the standard British heavy mortar from the autumn of 1916. It was a modification of an original French design, the Mortier de 240 mm developed by Batignolles Company of Paris and introduced in 1915.
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 ...
Beginning in September of 1915 regiments of the French and Belgian army was equipped with the mle 1915 and it can be considered a rough equivalent of the 7.58 cm Minenwerfer of the German Army. However, it was found that despite being able to provide high-angle fire its light shell was little more effective than if it was fired by the Canon de ...
Handbook of the M.L. 6-Inch Trench Mortar Mark I. 1918. War Office, UK. W L Ruffell, "An example of Kiwi ingenuity. A carriage designed by the Divisional Trench Mortars to meet the changed conditions of fighting in the last advances of 1918" Handbook of artillery : including mobile, anti-aircraft and trench matériel (1920). United States. Army.
This list catalogues mortars which are issued to infantry units to provide close range, rapid response, indirect fire capability of an infantry unit in tactical combat. [1] In this sense the mortar has been called "infantryman's artillery", and represents a flexible logistic solution [clarification needed] to the problem of satisfying unexpected need for delivery of firepower, particularly for ...
Mortars. 2-inch mortar; 3.7-inch mortar; 4-inch mortar; Garland trench mortar; Livens Projector; Newton 6-inch mortar; Stokes mortar; Vickers 1.57-inch mortar; Projectile weapons. Leach Trench Catapult; Sauterelle; West Spring Gun; Anti-aircraft weapons. Maxim QF 1-pounder pom-pom; QF 2-pounder naval AA gun (Sixteen guns) QF 12-pounder 12 cwt ...