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The 9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz (Trench mortar) was a light mortar used by Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, developed from the 9cm glatter leichter MinenWerfer Mauser by Firma Heinrich Lanz & Co. The tube was made thicker and stronger which allowed for more powerful powder to be used, the breech was beefed up, and the ...
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 ...
38 cm SK L/45 "Max" (long range coast-defence gun and siege gun) 42 cm Gamma Mörser (siege gun) 42 cm kurze MK 14 L/12 (siege gun, also known as "Bertha") Ehrhardt 7.5 cm Model 1904 (mountain gun) Gruson 5.3cm L/24 Fahrpanzer (mobile artillery turret) Krupp 3.7 cm L/14.5 Sockelflugzeugabwehrkanone (anti-aircraft gun) Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 ...
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. [1] [2]
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