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Categories: 81mm mortars, World War II infantry weapons of Australia, Korean inventions, Mortars, World War I British infantry weapons

mortar howitzer trench mortar short-barreled mortar Granatawerfer

A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range WordNet 3.0

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A muzzle-loading high-angle gun with a short barrel that fires shells at high elevations for a short range WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A mortar is usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded weapon, consisting of a smooth-bore metal tube fixed to a base plate with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight. Wikipedia

A howitzer is a long-ranged weapon, falling between a cannon, which fires shells at flat trajectories, and a mortar, which fires at high angles of ascent and descent. Wikipedia

An indirect-fire infantry weapon Wikipedia Disambiguation

A type of artillery gun Wikipedia Disambiguation

Artillery weapon that launches explosive projectiles at high angles Wikidata

Type of artillery Wikidata

An indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles. OmegaWiki

Normally a cannon with a tube length of 20 to 30 calibers; however, the tube length can exceed 30 calibers and still be considered a howitzer when the high angle fire zoning solution permits range overlap between charges. Wiktionary

A muzzle-loading, indirect fire weapon with a tube length of 10 to 20 calibers and designed to lob shells at very steep trajectories. Wiktionary

A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench. Wiktionary

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high-angle gun

high-trajectory artillery gun

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