- A
Coehorn /ˈkoʊhɔːrn/ (also
spelled cohorn) is a
lightweight mortar originally designed by
Dutch military engineer Menno van Coe****n. Van Coe****n came...
- s****,
which had a fuse that was lit by the hot
gases when fired. The
Coehorn mortar gained quick po****rity,
necessitating a new form of
naval ship...
- armies. It was used
during both
battles and sieges. For
several centuries Coehorn mortars were
fired indirectly because their fixed elevation meant range...
-
escape by sea,
while Joseph Wightman's
force of
around 1,000 men with four
Coehorn mortars advanced towards Glen Shiel. On 9 June, they
reached Loch Cluanie...
- were used
during the war:
siege &
garrison (light),
seacoast (heavy) and
Coehorns are also
classified as
siege & garrison. (Ripley 1984, pp. 60–61) While...
-
gunners switched to
canister shot,
which was
augmented by fire from the
coehorn mortars situated behind the
government front line. As
there was no need...
- breached. Van Coe****n
developed a
small and
easily movable mortar named the
coehorn,
variations of
which were used in
sieges until the 19th century. It would...
- be dis****embled and
carried by rail or ship to
travel any distance. The
Coehorn mortar however was a type of
small mortar light enough to be
carried by...
- many.
Union artillery bombarded the
Confederates with a
battery of
eight Coehorn mortars; the
Confederates responded by
depressing the
trail of a 24-pound...
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Retrieved 26
February 2023 – via The long, long trail.
Forty ancient Coehorn mortars,
firing spherical ammunition using black powder charges,were obtained...
