PREVIOUS. | Mortars & Grenades | P R O C E E D. | ||||||||||||
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Mortars: First portable models invented during American Civil War, used
to protect Union railroad & supply lines. * During WWI, reduction in mortar size enabled individuals to carry them. * High angle of fire: could penetrate narrow trenches close by, save lives by making head-on infantry attacks less necessary |
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WWI Trench Mortar | ||||||||||||||
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Grenades: reintroduced on a large scale in Russo-Japanese War &
WWI * Terrible safety record at first * "Jam bombs" constructed by soldiers on the battlefield out of tin cans, powder, and rocks * 1915: Mills Bomb, invented by William Mills (England)- First grenade with safety pin * French "pineapple grenade" and German "stick grenade" invented during WWI. |
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German WWI Soldiers throwing a "stick grenade" | ||||||||||||||
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