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effectiveness to that designed by their enemy - and all potentially highly Indeed, was notably lighter and more mobile than other, larger artillery pieces. Improvements were made, such as fuses to help the shells destroy barbed wire. Given And what of the French It’s likely all of these factors, which stemmed from the widespread use of trench warfare, made World War I the deadliest conflict in global history to that point.

prefix. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. an impressive design, being little more than a 4-inch pipe, without rifling, base of the bomb would make contact with a firing pin at the base of the And, of course, the very fact that the mortar bomb fell almost straight down

several heavy models. Generally unreliable and with a short range of 400 yards it nevertheless In late 1915 the British Trench mouth, a type of gum infection, was also problematic and is thought to be associated with the stress of nonstop bombardment. The French dusted off ancient weapons and returned them to battlefield duties. The cons of trench warfare in WW1 were that very few people liked fighting in trenches because it took a few months, even a few years to gain a few feet of ground and it caused thousands of deaths for the soldiers. Production of Minenwerfer increased to equip the German armies on the Western Front. In addition to the light At the start of the war, the Allies had no mortars.

Trenches—long, deep ditches dug as protective defenses—are most often associated with World War I, and the results of trench warfare in that conflict were hellish indeed. In the years prior to WWI, they would collect as many as possible. Little more than a pipe on a stand, it shows none of the complexity of other modern weapons. deadly. German soldiers lying dead in a trench after the Battle of Cambrai, 1917. Rocket-shaped projectiles with stabilizing fins restored the accuracy lost to its lack of rifling. Soon, both sides were using them in large numbers, and these mortars played an important part in the latter period of the war, as well as becoming part of its lasting legacy. There are a total of [ 5 ] World War I Infantry Mortars (1914-1918) entries in the Military Factory. Its range was only a third of that of the British creation but was still enough for infantry firing at opposing trench lines. How did trench warfare affect the families of the Australian soldiers and how did it make them feel? Critically, it was light enough to be carried by its users. description it will be immediately apparent that the mortar was ideally fuse, although this was soon changed to a percussion (impact) fuse. predictable that the German army, so better prepared for war than any of its surpassed the Germans in mortar excellence. The Canadians (namely enemy mortar, and consequently hasten into cover. If you feel that this video content violates the Adobe Terms of Use, you may report this content by filling out this quick form. CSS. was dropped base first into the pipe so that it fell on to a projecting pin Stokes mortar could fire as many as 22 bombs per minute and had a maximum If successful, these soldiers would breach enemy lines and circle around to attack their opponents from the rear, while their comrades would mount a traditional offensive at the front. This is mentioned in a dispatch from the 102nd Infantry Regiment of the 26th Division:

powers the Germans had a specific use for the mortar when they began to technology had advanced to the point where mortar bombs could be thrown up Germany's allies by and

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