M1894 210mm Belgian mortar

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The M1894 210mm Belgian mortar is based upon a mortar created in 1890 with 100mm caliber as a siege weapon. There existed also versions of 150mm and 240mm.


[edit] Technical data

Caliber Elevation Direction
210 mm +15° +60° 120°
Stocks of grenades in a Belgian ammunition factory
Stocks of grenades in a Belgian ammunition factory

[edit] Ammunition

Grenade 21 cm filled with gunpowder, and after 1885, the ten times as powerful explosive shells.

[edit] Source

Royal Military Museum, Brussels