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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.
Minenwerfer ("mine launcher" or "mine thrower") is the German name for a class of short range mine shell launching mortars used extensively during the First World War by the Imperial German Army. The weapons were intended to be used by engineers to clear obstacles, including bunkers and barbed wire, that longer range artillery would not be able ...
Stavely Centennial Park in Stavely, Alberta has a short-barrelled version (serial number 1972) of the mortar on display along with a Spandau machine gun. [9] The Vytautas the Great War Museum Home; Royal Canadian Legion Branch #15 Harbour Grace [10] Monuments aux Morts, Saint-Vran, Côtes d'Armor, France
German Empire: World War I 250: 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer German Empire: World War I 250: Mortier Negrei calibrul 250 mm Model 1916 Kingdom of Romania: World War I 250: 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 ...
15 cm L/40 Feldkanone i.R. (field gun) 15 cm Ring Kanone C/72; 15 cm Ring Kanone C/92; 15 cm Ring Kanone L/30; 15 cm sFH 93 (heavy field howitzer) 15 cm sFH 02 (heavy field howitzer) 15 cm sFH 13 (heavy field howitzer) 15 cm SK "Nathan" 17 cm SK L/40 i.R.L. auf Eisenbahnwagen; 21 cm L/14.5 Mörser 16 (mortar) 21 cm Mörser 10 (mortar) 21 cm ...
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.
The 25 cm schwerer Minenwerfer was a muzzle-loading, rifled mortar that had a hydro-spring type recoil system. It fired either a 97 kg (214 lb) shell or a 50 kg (110 lb) mine shell ; both containing far more explosive filler than ordinary artillery ammunition of the same caliber.
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. Some howitzers were fitted with a gun shield during the war. As it was ...