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Pat


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Most threads about mortars here are in the artillery section, which probably is why this one
http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?aBID=63528&p=3&topicID=30482811
didn't receive too much attention.

I too would like to know more about the Russian use of mortars in WW1. I am particularly interested in two aspects:
1. Pictures of the 58mm or 47mm mortars with crew (to determine their position during action)
2. Did the Russians use the Stokes mortar in WW1?

Thanks in advance, regards, Pat

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Hi Pat according to Ospreys Russian Army 1914-18, wartime innovations pg 41

"in time for the kerenski offensive of 1917 the british provided 60 tons of 2" mortars , stokes guns(3pdr trench pieces) and ammunition"

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Many thanks Ironsides - the title of that book sound promising. Russia's contribution is underrated.

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Some further info and some pics on various Russian mortars both home grown and french/russian variants can be found here many more then Ive heard off before, some look rather like the Hät mortars... scroll down the page

http://ww1.milua.org/Artilltrya.htm

included: translation by google

expbul1a.gif8 lin. (20.3 mm.) Mortar (Sticky bomb launcher) Rdultovskogo
expbul1a.gif20mm. mortar Lichonin arr. 1915
expbul1a.gif47 mm. mortar Lichonin arr. 1915
expbul1a.gif58mm. mortars Dumezil (French)
expbul1a.gif58mm. mortar FR (Franco-Russian)
expbul1a.gif76 and 107 mm. homemade mortars
expbul1a.gif3.5 dm. (88.9 mm.) Sticky bomb launcher Aazena (French)
expbul1a.gif89mm. Izhorskogo mortar plant
expbul1a.gif90mm. Mortar GR (Germanosko-Russian)
expbul1a.gif90mm. (96 mm.) Sticky bomb launcher Vasilevsky arr. 1915
expbul1a.gif127 mm. Sticky bomb launcher Stender arr. 1915
expbul1a.gif6-inch (152 mm.) Trench mortar arr. 1915 system Putilov arr. 1915
expbul1a.gif6-inch (152-mm) Sticky bomb launcher Obukhov factory
expbul1a.gif6-inch (152 mm.) Trench mortar arr. 1915 system Metal Plant.
expbul1a.gif9.45 dm. (240 mm.) English long-barreled mortar
expbul1a.gif9.45-inch (240-mm) mortar system snub English Batignolles (English)
expbul1a.gif240-mm long-barreled mortar French (French)
expbul1a.gifGAZOMET

 

 

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More goodies to browse through - many thanks again Ironsides, much obliged. Regards, Pat



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