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	Weapons of the American Revolution - Artillery
		With mortars, as opposed to other types of artillery, instead of having a fixed charge and varying the elevation of the gun to range the projectile to target, designers used a fixed elevation - 45 degrees - and gunners in the field would vary the charge to reach the target.
		Due to the fixed elevation, the design of mortar carriages was a simple matter; all that was needed was a stout wooden "baulk", in which a recess took the breech end of the gun and held it at 45 degrees.
		The smallest of the mortars in use in the late 18th century was the "Coehorn" a four and two-fifths inch bore size.
	www.americanrevolution.org /artillery.html (8210 words)

	Mortar (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Light and medium mortars are man-portable, and are usually used by infantry organizations.
		Since mortars on the whole are top-loaded, the mortar bomb has a pre-engraved band that engages with the rifling of the barrel.
		An early portable mortar was invented by Baron Menno van Coehoorn (Siege of Grave, 1674).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mortar_(artillery) (1637 words)

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		As a result, within seconds of firing a mortar shell, the location of the mortar gets hit by artillery fire. For a while, these tactics reduced the rate of mortar attacks, since they placed the attackers at considerable risk.
		Even if he doesn’t escape, the loss of one “martyr” is better than the loss of the entire mortar team (particularly since dropping the round down the tube is the least skillful part of operating a mortar, and so a low value volunteer can be used for the task).
		Although the use of only two mortars in this fashion has been reported, it would seem reasonable that some really ambitious terrorists could try to coordinate three or even more, though as the number of personnel involved grows, the chance of their being detected by Coalition troops presumably increases considerably.
	www.strategypage.com /htmw/htart/articles/20051011.aspx (1218 words)

	Artillery
		A Reserve Artillery Brigade was created as a training unit in England on 28 November 1916 to train artillery reinforcements as gunners, the number of guns and qualified instructors in Australia having fallen too low for this to be carried out here.
		In 1916 one heavy trench mortar battery was formed in each division, numbered VnA where V was the letter V and not the number 5 and n was the division number, similar to the Medium Trench Mortar Batteries.
		Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries were each equipped with four 9.45 inch (240mm) mortars.
	www.unsw.adfa.edu.au /~rmallett/Artillery.html (5562 words)

	Command Reports of the 461st Inf Bn (Heavy Mortar) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Enemy artillery and mortar fire was heavy on all forward elements of the Battalion throughout the entire period.
		Enemy artillery fire coming into the area was intense and accurate at this time and, repeatedly, friendly artillery batteries or tanks attempting to move forward into firing positions in the vicinity of Chupari were driven out by the heavy volume of this observed counter-battery fire.
		Enemy artillery was active during these attacks, and incoming artillery and mortar was relatively heavy on all forward elements of the Battalion.
	www.4point2.org /hist-461.htm (21927 words)

	ARTILLERY: Marine Mortar Replaces Howitzer
		The marines went after the 120mm mortar, instead of another 155mm howitzer, because the mortar is lighter, faster firing and uses a shell that does damage equivalent to 155mm types.
		Assuming the mortar tubes will travel with the spear heads, this is probably a good thing, since it will give them some firepower they didn't have when airpower was grounded and when the howitzers were lagging behind.
		Probable errors are always going to be greater when either a mortar or howitzer fire a high angle mission because of the greater trajectories as opposed to a direct fire or low angle missions with with howitzers.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1059528/posts (3364 words)

	Artillery Encyclopedia - Mortars
		THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF Mortars, whether chambered or not, are a very simple form of ordnance, intended for lobbing heavy projectiles at a high elevation, typically referred to as "indirect" or "plunging" fire.
		Their mobility is limited, except for the Coehorn, the smallest member of the family, which could be carried by two to four men.
		12-pounder wooden mortar Made of oak and iron bands, mortars like this one were used at Petersburg to fire 12-pounder shell at Confederate positions prior to the availability of a sufficient number of 24-pounder Coehorn mortars.
	www.cwartillery.org /ve/mortar.html (411 words)

	Talk:Mortar (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		I moved it from mortar (cannon) because a mortar is not a cannon.
		A mortar is another type of artillery piece, whether it is employed by an artillery organization or an infantry organization (mortars are used by both).
		However, with a very few exceptions (old nineteenth century artillery siege mortars in museums, and 120 mm mortars, which are relatively uncommon), mortars cannot be called artillery pieces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Talk:Mortar_(weapon) (975 words)

	US Army's Tactical High Energy Laser Shoots Down Mortar Rounds
		The Tactical High Energy Laser, built by Northrop Grumman for the US Army, shot down multiple mortar rounds Aug. 24, proving that laser weapons could be applied on the battlefield to protect against common threats.
		In tests representative of actual mortar threat scenarios, the THEL testbed destroyed both single mortar rounds and mortar rounds fired in a salvo at White Sands Missile Range, NM.
		As the nation's only laser weapon, the THEL testbed has shot down a variety of threats since 2000, showing its versatility by destroying about three dozen targets, ranging from Katyusha rockets to artillery shells and large-caliber rockets, and now mortar threats as well.
	www.spacedaily.com /news/laser-04r.html (644 words)

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