trajan Posted 26 July , 2014 Share Posted 26 July , 2014 Die Woche, no. 41, w/e 10.Oct.1914, p. 1688 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 26 July , 2014 Share Posted 26 July , 2014 Here is why its called a motor mortar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 26 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 26 July , 2014 Wow! That is some machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 26 July , 2014 Share Posted 26 July , 2014 "Schlanke Emma" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stoppage Drill Posted 26 July , 2014 Share Posted 26 July , 2014 What characteristics differentiated a mörser from a haubitzer in German military terminology ? Or were the terms interchangeable ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 27 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 27 July , 2014 What characteristics differentiated a mörser from a haubitzer in German military terminology ? Or were the terms interchangeable ? According to wikki.de (at http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%B6rser_(Gesch%C3%BCtz): "Der Begriff Mörser bezeichnet ein Steilfeuergeschütz mit kurzem Rohr. Anders als bei Haubitzen ist der Einsatz im Flachfeuer in der Regel nicht vorgesehen", which I would translate loosely along the lines of: "The term Mörser refers to a gun with a short barrel firing a projectile at a high angle. Quite unlike a Haubitzen a Mörser cannot be used for firing a projectile at a low angle" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centurion Posted 27 July , 2014 Share Posted 27 July , 2014 "Schlanke Emma" Made by Skoda - the tractor is a Daimler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 305 mm Skoda Model 1911 Mortar Broken down into 3 sections (barrel, carriage, firing platform) for transport, each with own tractor. 8 were loaned (with their crews) to Germany to take on the forts arround Liege Belgium . Came from Trieste http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoda_305_mm_Model_1911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dman Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 Similar to the US 12 inch Model 1908 mortar used in seacoast batteries Most famously were ones on Corregidor island in Manila Bay Philipines - used in 1942 against Japanese Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 28 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2014 305 mm Skoda Model 1911 Mortar Broken down into 3 sections (barrel, carriage, firing platform) for transport, each with own tractor. 8 were loaned (with their crews) to Germany to take on the forts arround Liege Belgium . Came from Trieste http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skoda_305_mm_Model_1911 Thanks for the link... That's some beastie! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 28 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2014 And this has just popped up on a certain Turkish selling site, and seems to be a page from a book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trajan Posted 28 July , 2014 Author Share Posted 28 July , 2014 And from the same source, same type of tractor as in the Wikki page, but different photograph... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 28 July , 2014 Share Posted 28 July , 2014 What characteristics differentiated a mörser from a haubitzer in German military terminology ? Or were the terms interchangeable ? A 'Haubitze' is a gun-howitzer, capable of both high and low-angle fire. A 'Mörser' is a heavy mortar or howitzer capable only of high-angle fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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