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Mortars are cannon suitable only for the high-angle fire of shells. Their primary function was to drop a shell or bomb behind earthworks or other defenses which could not be penetrated with gun fire. Mortars fired hollow iron spheres or shells filled with small shot, balls or similar anti-personnel devices combined with a small charge of powder which was ignited by a time fuse designed to explode just as it reached the target. ...
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A short chambered gun with a large bore for throwing shells, etc. into fortifications.
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a short cannon used to fire projectiles with low muzzle velocities at high angles. The trench mortar is an infantry weapon, the larger mortars are used by both infantry and field artillery.
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Mortars are among the oldest forms of artillery, and they had not changed much by the advent of the Civil War. Classified by bore size, 5.8-in., 8, 10, and 13 in., they threw a "bomb" or fused shell in a high arc over enemy walls and fortifications and sometimes lobbed shells over the heads of friendly troops as they charged the enemy. The coehorn mortar, among the smallest, had a 4.5-in. bore. ...
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Tube made from cardboard, high-density polyethylene or fiberglass that is used to eject such aerial fireworks as shells and mines
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