I find it endlessly interesting that the German Army, Imperial and Third Reich, referred to what we would call a mortar as a Granatwerfer (grenade thrower), even when the round was of 120mm (e.g. 12 cm Granatwerfer 42).
The term Mörser, literally mortar, was reserved instead for heavy artillery capable of quadrant elevations higher than 45 degrees (800 mils to others), such as the Karl-Gerät or Mörser Karl, and the 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette.
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I am a very big fan of these indirect fire weapons, the grunt’s pocket artillery.
I just bought both mortar eastern front on kindle
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I find it endlessly interesting that the German Army, Imperial and Third Reich, referred to what we would call a mortar as a Granatwerfer (grenade thrower), even when the round was of 120mm (e.g. 12 cm Granatwerfer 42).
The term Mörser, literally mortar, was reserved instead for heavy artillery capable of quadrant elevations higher than 45 degrees (800 mils to others), such as the Karl-Gerät or Mörser Karl, and the 17 cm Kanone 18 in Mörserlafette.