List of heavy mortars

Heavy mortars are large-calibre mortars which fire a heavy shell on a high angle trajectory. These weapons have a short range, but are usually less complex than similar sized field artillery.

This category includes the "Trench Mortars" of World War I. These were all heavy and difficult to move.

Muzzle-loading

Caliber (mm)	Weapon name	Country of origin	Design
50.8	2 inch Medium Mortar "Toffee Apple"^[1]	United Kingdom	World War I
90 ^[2]	20 cm leLdgW	Nazi Germany	World War II
105	10.5 cm Luftminenwerfer M15	Austria-Hungary	World War I
105	10 cm Nebelwerfer 35	Nazi Germany	World War II
140	14 cm Minenwerfer M 15	Austria-Hungary	World War I
148	Coehorn mortar M. 1841	United States	1841
152	Newton 6 inch Mortar	United Kingdom	World War I
160	160mm IMI Mortar	Israel	Cold War
160	Soltam M-66	Israel
160	Patria Vammas M58	Finland
169 ^[3]	38 cm sLdgW	Nazi Germany	World War II
170	17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer	German Empire	World War I
203	8-inch siege mortar M.1841	United States	1841
203	Livens Projector	United Kingdom	World War I
225	22.5 cm Minenwerfer M 15	Austria-Hungary	World War I
240	Dumezil-Batignolles Mortier de 240 mm	France	World War I
240	9.45 inch Heavy Mortar "Flying Pig"	United Kingdom	World War I
250	25 cm schwere Minenwerfer	German Empire	World War I
254	10-inch siege mortar M. 1841	United States	1841
254	10-inch seacoast mortar M. 1841	United States	1841
260	26 cm Minenwerfer M 17	Austria-Hungary	World War I
320	Type 98 320 mm mortar^[4]	Japan	World War II
325	Mortier de 12 Gribeauval	Kingdom of France	1781
330	13-inch seacoast mortar M. 1861	United States	1861
914	Little David	United States	World War II
914	Mallet's Mortar	United Kingdom	1857

Breech-loading

Caliber (mm)	Weapon name	Country of origin	Period
105	10 cm Nebelwerfer 40	Nazi Germany	World War II
120	12 cm Luftminenwerfer M16	Austria-Hungary	World War I
150	15 cm Luftminenwerfer M 15 M. E.	Austria-Hungary	World War I
160	160mm Mortar M1943	USSR	World War II
200	20 cm Luftminenwerfer M 16	Austria-Hungary	World War I
210	21 cm GrW 69	Nazi Germany	World War II
240	M240 towed mortar	USSR	Cold War
280	Mortier de 280 Schneider	France	World War I
280	Blind Pig LOLZ Mortar	Canada	World War I
325	12-inch Coast defense mortar M1886, M1890, and M1908	United States	WWI, WWII
420	2B1 Oka	USSR	Cold War

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References

↑ Internal bore size not warhead size. Comparable to 6 inch mortars
↑ 90 mm spigot size. Bomb was 200 mm
↑ 169 mm spigot size. Bomb was 380 mm.
↑ Alexander, Joseph. "The Japanese 320mm spigot mortar," Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback MachineClosing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima; retrieved 2012-2-20.

[1] Internal bore size not warhead size. Comparable to 6 inch mortars

[2] 90 mm spigot size. Bomb was 200 mm

[3] 169 mm spigot size. Bomb was 380 mm.

[4] Alexander, Joseph. "The Japanese 320mm spigot mortar," Archived 2014-03-11 at the Wayback MachineClosing In: Marines in the Seizure of Iwo Jima; retrieved 2012-2-20.

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