The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
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 barrel which is fitted with twin recoil recuperators. The barrel assembly sits on a turntable which can be swivelled through 360 degrees. Missing are the firing pin and sighting equipment. There is corrosion evident in the recuperators and some light spot rust on the external surfaces. The ordnance is painted in faded olive green. Markings - TC cypher. Wheels are steel - see AWM2018
Weapon's serial number is 32937, Barrel is marked H.2?, 1917. ‘5070’ is painted in white on barrel. Breech-ring ‘H.2’ over ‘1917’ and ‘Nr. 32937’ over [?]. Base: ‘M 1916 TC [?] 6025[?]’ over ‘1916’
The Model 1916 76 mm n/A Trench Mortar was the standard light mortar used by the German Army during the First World War. It was introduced in 1916 and is a refined model with a turntable, designed to replace the earlier version in which the barrel assembly sat on a fixed square base plate.
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
German 17 cm mittlerer Minenwerfer neuer art (medium trench mortar, new model). The weapon is a rifled muzzle-loading mortar, with six rifling grooves. The barrel length of 4.5 calibres identifies it
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
German Mauser 87 mm muzzle loading trench mortar made from steel. The barrel is smoothbore and is clamped to a rack which can be elevated and depressed. The breech has the firing mechanism attached.
