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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 ...
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 ...
Pages in category "World War I mortars of Germany" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
8 German Empire. 9 Kingdom of Greece. ... Mortars. 7.5cm M1917 Minenwerfer; 9cm M1914 and M1914/16 Minenwerfer; ... Stokes mortar; Support guns.
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 ...
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 ...
German infantrymen towing the minenwerfer in 1918 German troops using the minenwerfer as an anti-tank gun in October 1918. The Russo-Japanese War of 1905 had shown the value of mortars against modern fieldworks and fortifications and the Germans were in the process of fielding a whole series of mortars before the beginning of World War I.
In German service, it used two shells, the 21 cm Gr 18 that weighed 113 kg (249 lb) and the 21 cm Gr 18 Be concrete-piercing shell of 121.4 kg (268 lb) with a filler of 11.61 kg (25.6 lb) of TNT. They remained in first-line use with the Germans until replaced by the 21 cm Mörser 18 by about 1940.