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First World War.com - Weapons of War - Trench Mortars The chief advantage of the mortar was that it could be fired from the (relative) safety of the trench, avoiding exposure of the mortar crews to the enemy. The German mortars at the start of the war - translated into German as 'minenwerfer' (literally 'mine-thrower') had been designed in 1908-09 and, at a monster-size 25 cm, were rifled mortars mounted upon field carriages (each mortar of this size weighed approximately 95 kg). Mortars fired from this device had a maximum range of 1,500 yards and featured a built-in 25-second fuse, although this was soon changed to a percussion (impact) fuse. www.firstworldwar.com /weaponry/mortars.htm   (1327 words)

History of the 4.2" Chemical Mortar The standard mortar barrel could not be dropped below an angle of 45º with the horizon, and a way had to be found of holding the barrel level with the ground and at the same time neutralizing the tremendous recoil of a quarter of a million pounds. Mortars could not be placed directly on the bottom of landing craft since there was no way to keep the recoil from kicking mortars backward when the piece was fired. All in all, LCI(M)s (the M for mortar), as the mortar-mounted craft came to be designated, participated in a dozen landings in the Pacific during the latter part of 1944 and the war months of 1945. www.4point2.org /mortar42.htm   (5003 words)

Mortar (weapon) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A mortar can also be a launcher for fireworks, a hand-held or vehicle-mounted projector for smoke shells or flares, or a large grenade launcher. Smaller mortars (up to 81 mm) are commonly used and transported by infantry based mortar sections as a substitute for, or in addition to, artillery. A mortar round could be aimed to fall directly into trenches where artillery shells, due to their low angle of flight, could not possibly go. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mortar_(weapon)   (1637 words)

Bruce N. Canfield: The Three Inch Stokes Mortar Mortars were curved-trajectory weapons that could lob shells into trenches whose occupants would be unaffected by flat trajectory weapons but, compared to standard artillery, mortars had a relatively short range. The shell was equipped with a "safety pin" that was removed prior to dropping the shell into the mortar tube. It is difficult to overstate the importance of the Stokes mortar. www.worldwar1.com /dbc/smortar.htm   (2424 words)

Plastic Mortar Tubes Our fireworks mortars in racks are professionally made wooden racks containing 6 fl HDPE mortar tubes, each plugged and glued with a wooden plug. If a shell detonates in a fiberglass mortar, the tube tends to shred and tear, and is much safer than metal tubes or PVC (which should never be used in fireworks, because it can produce dangerous shrapnel). This is an angled mortar rack, with 1.91 ID x approximately 15 inches long mortar tubes with wooden plugs in the bottom of each. www.skylighter.com /mall/plastic_mortar_tubes.asp   (420 words)

Mortar shells fired at Mogadishu port MOGADISHU, Somalia (AFP) - Gunmen have fired mortar shells into the seaport of Somalia's capital Mogadishu, signalling an escalation of attacks in the lawless African nation since a joint Somali-Ethiopian force took control of the city from an Islamist force late last year. At least five shells landed at the port in southern Mogadishu overnight, forcing a ship to speed out to sea, officials and witnesses said. The attack came less than a week after gunmen shelled at least three districts in the capital as violence escalated in the seaside city, killing at least eight people. www.hiiraan.com /news2/2007/feb/mortar_shells_fired_at_mogadishu_port_.aspx   (277 words)

Battlefield Mortars for Rifts Mortars are smoothbore, muzzle-loading artillery piece that fires indirect shells at relatively low velocities, at short ranges, and with a high-arcing ballistic trajectory. Most modern mortars consists of a tube into which is dropped a mortar shell onto the firing pin which results in the detonation of the propellant and the firing of the shell. Mortar range can be increased by the use of additional charges although minimum range increases and rate of fire decreases as charges are increased. www.kitsune.addr.com /Rifts/Rifts-Equipment/Battlefield_Mortars.htm   (1996 words)

Epochtimes English Edition :: 10-year-Old Iraqi Mortar Shells May Contain Poison Early Sunday, mortar shells exploded at the offices of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan in the northern city of Mosul. Meanwhile, experts are examining a cache of old mortar shells found near the southern city of Basra. Military officials say the shells have been in the ground for many years and are likely weapons left over from Iraq's war with Iran in the 1980s. www.theepochtimes.com /news/4-1-11/18228.html   (292 words)

USATODAY.com - Iraq mortar shells contain blister agent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) The 120mm mortar shells are thought to be left over from the eight-year war between Iraq and neighboring Iran, which ended in 1988, said U.S. Brig. The shells were found by Danish engineering troops and Icelandic de-miners near Al Quarnah, north of the city of Basra where Denmark's 410 troops are based, the Danish Army Operational Command said in a written statement. The shells were wrapped in plastic but had been damaged, and they appeared to have been buried for at least 10 years, the statement said. www.usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2004-01-11-iraq-shells_x.htm   (752 words)

What are Mortars, Rockets, and Grenades? - Emily Yoffe - Slate Magazine Although the shells launched by the Palestinians were of low quality and caused little damage, a small high-quality shell is the equivalent of a stick of dynamite and can blow up a car. When the Israelis respond to mortars by "shelling" Palestinians, that generally means they are shooting large-caliber guns that are mounted on armored combat vehicles, of which tanks are a subset. Mortars were not designed to knock down walls, but were designed to hurl projectiles over walls and into the defended areas behind the walls. www.slate.com /id/1007642   (1281 words)

Welcome to Messiah's Tribes 2 Tactics Page! Luckily indirect fire weapons like the Mortar always have very large explosive range so you do not need to be quite as acurate as you would with a direct fire weapon. Consider the shell hitting the side of a hit a split second before it arms then having to wait for it to fall all the way to the ground before exploding. If you are being chased by someone, consider dropping a mortar shell at your feet as you ski away. www.fragtopia.com /t2tactics/mortar.htm   (695 words)

Mortar shells target Somalia presidential palace: witnesses - Boston.com Mortar shells target Somalia presidential palace: witnesses - Boston.com Suspected Islamist rebels fired mortar bombs at Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses said, ratcheting up tension ahead of a major peace meeting at the weekend. MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist rebels fired mortar bombs at Somalia's presidential palace in Mogadishu on Wednesday, witnesses said, ratcheting up tension ahead of a major peace meeting at the weekend. www.boston.com /news/world/africa/articles/2007/07/11/mortar_shells_target_somalia_presidential_palace_witnesses   (150 words)

The Raw Story | Mortar shells hit Somali presidential residence A mortar attack on Somalia's presidential residence in Mogadishu Tuesday killed 13 civilians nearby, just hours after President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed moved there from a provincial town. "The president was in his bedroom and he was unhurt because no mortar shell landed near him," a presidential security official said, asking not to be named, adding that there were no casualties inside the residence. "I have seen two children who were killed by a mortar shell in their house that is near the presidential palace. rawstory.com /news/afp/Mortar_shells_hit_Somali_presidenti_03132007.html   (677 words)

Old Chemical Mortar Shells Found In Iraq Seems the US Army uncovered thirty-six or so old mortar shells that had been wrapped in plastic and buried some ten years ago. It appears these shells were filled with a blistering agent of some kind, like perhaps mustard gas, but that still hasn't been confirmed. Plus, even if these were usable munitions, the 120mm mortars were not offensive weapon that could be directed against an enemy too far outside the confines of the Iraqi border. journals.aol.com /frosty40m/IraqWar/entries/2004/01/11/old-chemical-mortar-shells-found-in-iraq/210   (537 words)

deseretnews.com | Danes say tests on suspect mortar shells inconclusive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) The 36 shells, discovered last week by Danish troops, are believed to be from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. Michelsen said the 120mm shells, which have no markings indicating the country of manufacture, "don't look like any known" mortars in the Iraqi arsenal. Michelsen said the Danes have unearthed 50 shells so far and at least 50 more are believed still buried. deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,585037686,00.html   (606 words)

CNN.com - Suspicious shells found in southern Iraq - Jan. 11, 2004 Danish troops have found suspicious mortar shells in southern Iraq that officials believe contain blister agents, the United States and Denmark announced Saturday. The shells are at least 10 years old, and a U.S. Army official said he suspects the ordnance was surplus from the Iran-Iraq war in the mid-1980s. The shells were found 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the city of Qurnah by Danish engineers and Icelandic munitions experts. www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/01/10/sprj.irq.chemicals/index.html   (316 words)

CNN.com - Danish army: Iraqi shells WMD-free - Jan. 18, 2004 Mortar shells found in Iraq and believed to be suspicious in fact contained no chemical agents, the Danish army said after a week of tests. The 36 shells, found 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of the city of Qurnah in southern Iraq on January 9, had initially been thought by Danish and British troops to contain a blister agent. U.S. Army officials had said the 120 mm shells, which are at least 10 years old, was surplus from the Iran-Iraq war in the mid-1980s. www.cnn.com /2004/WORLD/meast/01/18/sprj.irq.chemicals/index.html   (348 words)

SAN FRANCISCO / Woman finds mortar shells by seashore / WWII ordnance surfaces in sand at Fort Funston The woman put a ring of rocks around the rust-covered shells to warn other park visitors as she went to call police at about 9:30 a.m. Park police "should put up a sign and inform the public about how dangerous (a mortar shell) is, show what it looks like, and what to do if we see it," Quackenbush said. Mortar or no mortar, Fort Funston is the best place in San Francisco to walk your dog, she said. www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/04/05/BAGJ260MF61.DTL&type=printable   (654 words)

SignOnSanDiego.com > In Iraq -- Danish soldiers in Iraq find cache of mortar shells leaking mysterious fluid BAGHDAD, Iraq – Danish soldiers on Saturday uncovered a cache of mortar shells leaking an unknown fluid, and tests are under way to determine whether they contain chemical agents, an American officer said. The 30 to 40 120mm mortar shells, which may have been left over from the Iran-Iraq war, were found buried in the desert south of Baghdad, U.S. Brig. Most of the shells were wrapped in plastic bags and some were leaking a mysterious fluid – leading officials to suspect chemical weapons, he said. www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/iraq/20040110-1236-iraq-mortarshells.html   (369 words)

[No title] The preliminary findings cast doubt whether the suspicious shells will become the "smoking gun" proving that Iraq still maintained supplies of banned chemical weapons when the United States and its allies launched the war last March. It is believed the shells, discovered last week by Danish troops, are from the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war. The Danish troops initially found 36 shells, exposed by rain, in the ground outside a village near Qurnah in southern Iraq on Friday. www.firstcoastnews.com /news/news-article.aspx?storyid=13464   (740 words)

FireworkInfo.Com - Storage of Mortar Shells on the Field   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) The mortar shells that will be used later in the show are sitting in the container that they came in with there fuses exposed. Depending on the number of shells that you have this might work but imagine if you had 100 or more. This section is going to discuss ways of storing mortar shells closely to where they are being fired from. www.fireworkinfo.com /adv_otf_mortar_shells.htm   (344 words)

The Daily Star Web Edition Vol. 5 Num 487   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) In a joint drive on Thursday night, army and Bangladesh Rifles (BDR) recovered four mortar shells and military hardware from a remote tribal village in Thanchhi upazila of the hill district. Acting on a tip-off, a joint team raided Anang Para village in Bara Modak area and found the mortar shells and military hardware at a house. Army sources said the mortar shells are capable of destroying any medium structure. www.thedailystar.net /2005/10/08/d51008011913.htm   (88 words)

Iraqi mortar shells containing chemicals found - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com The 120mm mortar shells were thought to be leftovers from the eight-year war between Iraq and neighboring Iran, which ended in 1988, a U.S. military officer said. The mortar shells were found by Danish engineering troops and Icelandic de-miners near Al Quarnah, north of Basra where Denmark’s 410 troops are based, the Danish Army Operational Command said in a statement. The shells were wrapped in plastic but some had leaked and they appeared to have been buried for at least 10 years, it said. www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3925906   (657 words)

Mortar Shells Hit Congo Church KISANGANI, Congo –– Mortar shells struck the Roman Catholic cathedral in Kisangani today, where U.N. military observers have been headquartered since renewed fighting began between Ugandan and Rwandan forces earlier this week. The 107mm shells coming from Ugandan positions hit the corrugated iron roof of the twin-spired stone cathedral, setting the wooden beams supporting the roof on fire. Congolese civilians have borne the brunt of the random shelling, which is reported to have hit a school in Tshopo district near the bridge. www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/20000607/aponline091713_000.htm   (597 words)

U.S. Army Chemical Mortar Battalions Mortar gunboats: amphibious employment of the 4.2" chemical mortar Mortars in Miniature, dedicated to all the Mortar Men throughout history In WWII, I served with two chemical mortar battalions: the 87th CMB in training and then the 97th CMB in training and in combat in Europe. www.4point2.org   (1855 words)

Gas field area hit by rockets, mortar shells -DAWN - Top Stories; 12 October, 2004 QUETTA Oct 11: Rockets and mortar shells rained on the Uch gas field area of the Dera Bugti district, about 400 km from here, on Monday. According to reports reaching here, the rockets and shells were fired from a nearby hilltop, apparently targeting the check posts set up by the Frontier Corps and Rangers to protect the gas field and related installations. Shamim Shamsi adds from Sukkur: The rockets and shells were fired by some Bugti tribesmen, Brig Rizwan of the security force deployed at the Uch gas field, said. www.dawn.com /2004/10/12/top9.htm   (207 words)

Ethiopian Ingenuity: Turning Mortar Shells Into Coffee Makers — AfriGadget Archive He uses old mortar shells, which stand about one metre high, to make his coffee machines. Ethiopian Ingenuity: Turning Mortar Shells Into Coffee Makers By ErikThere’s an interesting story on the BBC about an Ethiopian gentleman who is taking war’s leftovers and converting them into coffee machines. […] stories of African ingenuity and the unique opportunities the continent offers all of us, tales of espresso machines made from old mortar shells and “$100″ laptops for the masses, but this post is frankly long enough already. www.afrigadget.com /2006/11/01/ethiopian-ingenuity-turning-mortar-shells-into-coffee-makers   (390 words)

Palestinian Use of Mortar Shells Signals New Escalation of Conflict   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-28) Palestinian fighters have added mortars to the arsenal they regularly use against Israel, drawing heavy retaliation and signaling a new phase in half a year of conflict. In a rare interview, Palestinians who claim responsibility for firing mortar shells into Israel proper, as well as at Jewish settlements in the Gaza Strip, said they already have succeeded in one goal -- unnerving the enemy. On March 18, the first mortars were fired at Israel proper, hitting an army base near the Nahal Oz kibbutz. www-tech.mit.edu /V121/N17/mideast-mortars-17.17w.html   (450 words)

Shells & Mortar Rounds (defense procurement, defence acquisition, military purchasing) Shells & Mortar Rounds (defense procurement, defence acquisition, military purchasing) The Indian Express reported that India's Russian Krasnopol 155mm laser-guided shells have displayed defective performance during Army test-firing in the Mahajan ranges in Rajasthan in 2004 and 2005. As DID noted in our May 9/05 article The Next Generations of Smart Shells, the Excalibur program is a key element in the transformation of cannon artillery to provide responsive precision strike capability for the U.S. Army. www.defenseindustrydaily.com /shells_mortar_rounds/index.php   (1651 words)

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