Fort Banks Mortar Battery — Infobox nrhp | name =Fort Banks Mortar Battery nrhp type = caption = location= Winthrop, Massachusetts locmapin = Massachusetts area = built =1892 architect= Abbot, Col. Henry; Mansfield, Lt. Col. Samuel L., etal architecture= added = March 12,… … Wikipedia
Battery Howe-Wagner — (1895 1920) was one of seventeen Endicott era gun batteries forming the Coastal Artillery defenses at Fort Winfield Scott in the Presidio of San Francisco. It was charged with the coastal and harbor defenses of the City of San Francisco and the… … Wikipedia
Mortar (weapon) — Part of the series on Cannon His … Wikipedia
12-inch coast defense mortar — The coast defense mortar was a massive weapon of 12 inch caliber emplaced during the 1890s and early 1900s to defend U.S. harbors from seaborne attack. In 1886 when the Endicott Board set forth its plan for upgrading the coast defenses of the… … Wikipedia
Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor — The Floating Battery of Charleston Harbor was an ironclad vessel that was constructed by the Confederacy in early 1861, a few months before the American Civil War ignited. Apart from being a marvel to contemporary Charlestonians, it was a… … Wikipedia
Newton 6 inch Mortar — Canadian troops firing the 6 inch (152.4 mm) Mortar in the open at Valenciennes in 1918 Type Medium mortar Place … Wikipedia
2 inch Medium Mortar — Infobox Weapon name= 2 inch Vickers Medium Trench Mortar is UK=yes caption=British troops loading a 2 inch trench mortar with attached periscope post. Balkan front World War I. is artillery=yes is ranged=yes is bladed= is explosive=yes is vehicle … Wikipedia
Australian 'A' Captured Gun Battery — A Captured Gun Battery was formed in France in September 1918 from personnel of V Heavy Trench Mortar Battery. A Battery was one of four captured gun batteries formed by the Australian Corps heavy artillery to operate captured German guns using… … Wikipedia
Counter-battery radar — Israeli Shilem counter battery radar A counter battery radar detects artillery projectiles fired by one or more guns, howitzers, mortars and rocket launchers and from their trajectories locates the position on the ground of the gun, etc., that… … Wikipedia
Counter-battery fire — Counterfire redirects here. For British political organisation, see Counterfire (organisation). Counter battery fire is a type of mission assigned to military artillery forces, which are given the task of locating and firing upon enemy artillery … Wikipedia