Minenwerfer ("mine launcher") is the German name for a class of short range mortars used extensively during the First World War by the German Army. The weapons were intended to be used by engineers to clear obstacles including bunkers and barbed wire, that longer range artillery would not be able to accurately target.
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22.5 Cm Minenwerfer M 15
... The 22.5 cm Minenwerfer M 15 was a heavy mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I ... developed by Böhler as an alternative to the German Ehrhardt 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer which Böhler was having problems building under license ...
... The 22.5 cm Minenwerfer M 15 was a heavy mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I ... developed by Böhler as an alternative to the German Ehrhardt 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer which Böhler was having problems building under license ...
12 Cm Minenwerfer M 15
... The 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 (Trench mortar) was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I ... und Administratives Militär-Komitee (TMK) as an enlarged 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 in 1915 ... TMK, but the latter preferred only to produce 10 and switch the remaining 40 to the 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15, but no response was made by the Ministry ...
... The 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 (Trench mortar) was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I ... und Administratives Militär-Komitee (TMK) as an enlarged 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 in 1915 ... TMK, but the latter preferred only to produce 10 and switch the remaining 40 to the 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15, but no response was made by the Ministry ...
List Of Infantry Weapons Of World War I - Austria-Hungary
... Mortars 8 cm Luftminenwerfer M 9 ... cm Minenwerfer M 9 ... cm Minenwerfer M 17 10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M 12 ... cm Minenwerfer M 12 ... cm Luftminenwerfer M 16 ...
... Mortars 8 cm Luftminenwerfer M 9 ... cm Minenwerfer M 9 ... cm Minenwerfer M 17 10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M 12 ... cm Minenwerfer M 12 ... cm Luftminenwerfer M 16 ...
9.15 Cm Leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz
... The 9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz (Trench mortar) was a light mortar used by Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I ... It was chosen by the Austrians as an interim replacement for their 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14, pending development of a superior domestic design, which eventually turned out to be the 9 cm Minenwerfer M 17 ...
... The 9.15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz (Trench mortar) was a light mortar used by Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I ... It was chosen by the Austrians as an interim replacement for their 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14, pending development of a superior domestic design, which eventually turned out to be the 9 cm Minenwerfer M 17 ...
Minenwerfer - Development
... first, in 1910 as the 25 cm schwerer Minenwerfer (in English, the "25 cm heavy mine launcher") (sMW) ... of the German shell, the 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer ("17cm mid sized mine launcher") (mMW) was introduced in 1913, and at the outbreak of war 116 were fielded ... The light version of the weapon, the 7.58 cm leichter Minenwerfer ("light mine launcher") (LMW) was still at the prototype stage when the war started ...
... first, in 1910 as the 25 cm schwerer Minenwerfer (in English, the "25 cm heavy mine launcher") (sMW) ... of the German shell, the 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer ("17cm mid sized mine launcher") (mMW) was introduced in 1913, and at the outbreak of war 116 were fielded ... The light version of the weapon, the 7.58 cm leichter Minenwerfer ("light mine launcher") (LMW) was still at the prototype stage when the war started ...
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