Examples of 'trench mortar' in a sentence
Meaning of "trench mortar"
trench mortar: A type of artillery weapon used during wars, specifically designed for firing projectiles at high angles over short distances. It is commonly associated with trench warfare and is used for launching explosives
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- A small mortar designed to fire shells from one trench to an enemy trench.
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Let us use the trench mortar.
The Stokes trench mortar was developed for precisely this purpose.
The designer was more famous as the inventor of a trench mortar.
Even a hit from a trench mortar could not stop it.
Further holdups were dealt with on his own through the use of trench mortar bombs.
A trench mortar shell bursting, ca.
He left the unit to take over the direction of explosives and trench mortar development.
The Stokes gun was a 3-inch trench mortar invented by Sir Wilfred Stokes.
Thereafter, the brigade commanded three infantry battalions and a trench mortar battery.
The 3-inch trench mortar is a smooth-bore, muzzle-loading weapon for high angles of fire.
When that flare goes out fire all the trench mortar and get out of here.
Two trench mortar battalions ( 3rd and 5th Mortar Battalions ) horsed.
Every once in a while you can hear the dull, heavy explosion of a trench mortar.
French soldiers operating a compressed-air trench mortar of 86-millimetre calibre.
In figure 1 there is shown a barrel 1 of a trench mortar.
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After he completed his training, he was posted to the 12th Canadian Trench Mortar Battery.
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