The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 of the area, with arcs depicting the range of the weapon and ovals denoting targets.
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, wo
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
Trench Mortar Clinometer and charge range scale with three main components: - a steel range adjusting arm marked with inscribed hatches and range distances. Slightly corroded. - A steel clamp wh
Left wheel removed from German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer neuer art (medium trench mortar, new model). This weapon was one of 13 minenwerfers captured in an arms dump by 18th Battalion AIF betwe
Right wheel removed from German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer neuer art (medium trench mortar, new model). This weapon was one of 13 minenwerfers captured in an arms dump by 18th Battalion AIF betw
