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12-Inch Mortar M1912

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Description and characteristics of the 12-inch Mortar M1912 from TM 9-458: 12-inch Mortar M1912 Mounted on 12-inch Mortar Carriage M1896MIII, U.S. War Department Technical Manual, Washington, D.C., August 1942. 12-inch Mortar M1912 Mounted on 12-inch Mortar Carriage M1896MIII Characteristics. These 12-inch … Continue reading →

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60-mm Mortar Emplacement

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

60-mm Mortar Emplacements from the Corps of Engineers’ field manual FM 5-15: Field Fortifications, U.S. War Department, February 1944. 60-MM MORTAR EMPLACEMENT. a. Open type. This consists of a rectangular pit large enough to accommodate the mortar, the gunner, and … Continue reading →

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81-mm Mortar Emplacement

Posted on April 28, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Diagram of a typical 81-mm Mortar Emplacement from the field manual FM 5-15: Field Fortifications, Corps of Engineers, U.S. War Department, February 1944.

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60mm Mortar Practice Shell

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Illustration of 60-mm mortar practice shell from the U.S. WW2 technical manual: TM 9-1901: Artillery Ammunition, War Department Technical Manual, June 1944:   81. SHELL, PRACTICE, M50A2, W /FUZE, P.D., M52, 60-MM MORTARS, M1 and M2, COMPLETE ROUND (fig. 59), … Continue reading →

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120mm Granatwerfer 42 Mortar

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. troops demonstrate a captured Granatwerfer 42 (12cm GrW 42) German heavy mortar on the First Army Front in Echtz, near Duren, Germany.      

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