The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Empty German light trench mortar shell.
German light trench mortar shell [now empty], which fell in the lines of 1st Bn in the Mootenscken- Meteren sector on the night of the 1st- 2nd July, 1918, wounding Captain R.M.G. Stewart in the arm; had the shell exploded it would have caused casualties to other officers, including another Coy Commander and several American officers.
The light minenwerfer was used in great numbers by the German army, to provide close tactical support to front line trenches, and through its high arcing fire, to suppress Allied positions.
Model 1916 trench mortar mounted on a turntable that is attached to a metal baseplate. The mortar can rotated through 360 degrees. The barrel is rifled and is fitted with hydraulic recoil recuperator
Early model 76 millimeter trench mortar. The mortar consists of a short rifled barrel with three recoil cylinders attached to the outside of the barrel. The baseplate is rectangular in shape and has t
A message shell, consisting of four components: a light minenwerfer shell case, a flare in which there is a compartment to take a message, a burster, and a time fuze. The shell is fired from a light t
German light trench mortar (minenwerfer) range board, fabricated from timber. Found in trenches at Warfusee- Abancourt after its capture on 8 August 1918. The board is marked with a rudimentary map
The Model 1916 75.88 mm Trench Mortar n/A (neue Art) was used by the Germany Army during the First World War from 1916 onwards. The mortar is made from steel and features a muzzle loading, rifled barr
Spanner from German trench mortar. One of three trench mortars placed in no Mans Land near Molenaarelsthoek to bombard Australian lines prior to German attack on October 4th 1917.