Talk:Mortar
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[edit] The difference of a mortar from any other gun
Hi, MacGyverMagic Your edit (or should we say reductionism} "Mortar (weapon), a modern military weapon which fires shells at high speed": how does that differ from an ordinary gun, or a howitzer, or a cannon? They all fire shells at high speed. The trouble is a mortar fires shells at much lower speeds, and it pitches them at an arc trajectory rather than fires them more directly at the target. If you are going to give a meaning then it should be a correct one. Dieter Simon 00:04, 12 July 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Mortarboard?
Has any one ever called a mortarboard a mortar before?
