minenwerfer

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minenwerfer

German trench warfare weapon of World War I, the fore-runner of the trench mortar. The original minenwerfers were complex short-range breech-loading howitzers, but these were gradually supplemented by simpler muzzle-loading mortars which took the same name.

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