- Look up
mortar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Mortar may
refer to:
Mortar (weapon), an indirect-fire
infantry weapon Mortar (masonry), a material...
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stone mortars and
pestles have been found,
while wooden or clay ones
would perish much more
easily over time.
Scientists have
found ancient mortars and...
- and a sight.
Mortars are
typically used as
indirect fire
weapons for
close fire
support with a
variety of ammunition.
Historically mortars were
heavy siege...
- to the
original materials.
Several types of
cement mortars and
additives exist. The
first mortars were made of mud and clay, as
demonstrated in the 10th...
- of the
oldest known types of
mortar, used in
ancient Rome and Greece, when it
largely replaced the clay and
gypsum mortars common to
ancient Egyptian construction...
- well as
powder and pyrotechnics, to gain
unusual effects."
Other debris mortars may
employ black powder to
launch heavy objects. Jane
Killick (21 July...
- The term
Commando mortar refers to a
class of
lightweight infantry mortars designed for
maximum portability and
rapid deployment with a
caliber of 60mm...
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construction of two
mortars of Mallet's design.
Thames Ironworks and
Shipbuilding Company won the
contract at a
price of £4,300 per
mortar. The company's bankruptcy...
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Other self-propelled gun
mortars are the
Chinese PLL-05 and the
Nordic AMOS/NEMO
automatic gun-
mortars. In U.S. Army doctrine,
mortar carriers are to provide...
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French resorted to re-issuing
these obsolete mortars;
after modernized designs became available, the
Stokes mortar in
particular gained po****rity. Frederick...
