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Hand mortar, the Glossary

Index Hand mortar

The hand mortar is a firearm and early predecessor of modern grenade launchers that was used in the late 17th century and 18th century to throw fused grenades.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 20 relations: Calcutta International Exhibition, Claude Blair, Coehorn, Fire lance, Firearm, Flintlock, Francis I of France, Grenade, Grenade launcher, Grenadier, Hand cannon, Manby mortar, Matchlock, Shrapnel shell, Siege of Rouen (1418–1419), Strasbourg, Type 89 grenade discharger, Württemberg, Wheellock, Woolwich.

  2. Anti-personnel weapons
  3. Grenade launchers
  4. Projectile weapons

Calcutta International Exhibition

The Calcutta International Exhibition world's fair was held in Calcutta (now Kolkata) from the end of 1883 to March 1884.

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Claude Blair

Claude Blair, (30 November 1922 – 21 February 2010) was a British museum curator and scholar, who specialised in European arms and armour.

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Coehorn

A Coehorn (also spelled cohorn) is a lightweight mortar originally designed by Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn.

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Fire lance

The fire lance was a gunpowder weapon and the ancestor of modern firearms. Hand mortar and fire lance are early firearms.

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Firearm

A firearm is any type of gun that uses an explosive charge and is designed to be readily carried and used by an individual. Hand mortar and firearm are projectile weapons.

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Flintlock

Flintlock is a general term for any firearm that uses a flint-striking ignition mechanism, the first of which appeared in Western Europe in the early 16th century. Hand mortar and Flintlock are early firearms.

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Francis I of France

Francis I (er|; Françoys; 12 September 1494 – 31 March 1547) was King of France from 1515 until his death in 1547.

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Grenade

A grenade is an explosive weapon typically thrown by hand (also called hand grenade), but can also refer to a shell (explosive projectile) shot from the muzzle of a rifle (as a rifle grenade) or a grenade launcher.

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Grenade launcher

A grenade launcher is a weapon that fires a specially designed, large-caliber projectile, often with an explosive, smoke, or gas warhead. Hand mortar and grenade launcher are grenade launchers.

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Grenadier

A grenadier (derived from the word grenade) was historically an assault-specialist soldier who threw hand grenades in siege operation battles.

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Hand cannon

The hand cannon, also known as the gonne or handgonne, is the first true firearm and the successor of the fire lance. Hand mortar and hand cannon are early firearms.

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Manby mortar

The Manby mortar or Manby apparatus was a maritime lifesaving device originated at the start of the 19th-Century, comprising a mortar capable of throwing a line to a foundering ship within reach of shore, such that heavier hawsers could then be pulled into place and used either to direct a rescue-boat to the ship, or, later, to mount a Breeches buoy.

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Matchlock

A matchlock or firelock is a historical type of firearm wherein the gunpowder is ignited by a burning piece of flammable cord or twine that is in contact with the gunpowder through a mechanism that the musketeer activates by pulling a lever or trigger with their finger. Hand mortar and matchlock are early firearms.

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Shrapnel shell

Shrapnel shells were anti-personnel artillery munitions which carried many individual bullets close to a target area and then ejected them to allow them to continue along the shell's trajectory and strike targets individually.

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Siege of Rouen (1418–1419)

The siege of Rouen (29 July 1418 – 19 January 1419) was a major event in the Hundred Years' War, in which English forces loyal to Henry V captured Rouen, the capital of Normandy, from the Norman French.

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Strasbourg

Strasbourg (Straßburg) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France, at the border with Germany in the historic region of Alsace.

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Type 89 grenade discharger

The, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Theater of World War II. Hand mortar and Type 89 grenade discharger are grenade launchers.

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Württemberg

Württemberg is a historical German territory roughly corresponding to the cultural and linguistic region of Swabia.

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Wheellock

A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. Hand mortar and wheellock are early firearms.

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Woolwich

Woolwich is a town in southeast London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich.

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See also

Anti-personnel weapons

Grenade launchers

Projectile weapons

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_mortar