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At the end of 1915 the Belgian Army, like most armies was entangled in the new and troublesome type of trench warfare had aquired three types of Trench Mortars.- One of these was the 142mm Delattre Mortar.
It is a pretty typical product of this first experimental phase of mortar design. It had a number of novel features. Firstly, it was fired electrically (as can also be deduced by the extensive wiring). Secondly, although its calibre technically speaking was 142mm, in reality it was a multi-projectile weapon, firing in rapid succession (circa 1 minute) seven 1kg shells to a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 260 meters. The spread of the shells seems to have been pretty big, making it less of a precision weapon than was often required. It was very light: the mortar itself weighed only some 40kg.-
It was first employed by special mortar platoons outside Dixmunde in late 1915, and it was phased out of service in 1917.-
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It is a pretty typical product of this first experimental phase of mortar design. It had a number of novel features. Firstly, it was fired electrically (as can also be deduced by the extensive wiring). Secondly, although its calibre technically speaking was 142mm, in reality it was a multi-projectile weapon, firing in rapid succession (circa 1 minute) seven 1kg shells to a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 260 meters. The spread of the shells seems to have been pretty big, making it less of a precision weapon than was often required. It was very light: the mortar itself weighed only some 40kg.-
It was first employed by special mortar platoons outside Dixmunde in late 1915, and it was phased out of service in 1917.-
from:
passioncompassion1418.com
landships.info
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