12 cm Minenwerfer M 15

September 2014 January 2024 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 12 cm Minenwerfer - Sperrfort "Dubno" (BildID 15442741).jpg 300 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 Austria-Hungary Medium trench mortar yes 1915–1918 Austria-Hungary World War I TMK 1915 1916–1917? 134.5 kg lb 120 mm 430 m yd interrupted-screw or cylinder lock The 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 (Trench mortar) was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was designed by the Army's own Technisches und Administratives Militär-Komitee (TMK) as an enlarged 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 in 1915.12cm MinenWerfer M15 https://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/Eng_AfficheCanonGET.php?IdCanonAffiche=1128 2024-08-27 www.passioncompassion1418.com The War Ministry decided to order 50 from the TMK, but the latter preferred only to produce 10 and switch the remaining 40 to the 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15, but no response was made by the Ministry. The TMZ placed an order for the 10 mortars from Teudloff & Dittrich in Vienna at the end of 1915. A follow on order for another hundred was canceled in February 1916. References Bibliography Ortner, M. Christian. The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 978-3-902526-13-7 Category:Mortars of Austria-Hungary Category:Infantry mortars Category:120 mm mortars