1918 WW I ~SPRING BATTLES IN FRANCE~ SALEM ZIGARETTEN (TOBACCO) GERMANY CARD!

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1918 ***WORLD WAR I*** {{TINY 2 3/8" X 1 7/8"}}} ~SPRING BATTLES IN FRANCE~ (PICTURE OF: GERMANS INFANTRY MEN LOADING A MINE THROWER)  {{{REAL PHOTO}}} SALEM ZIGARETTEN (CIGARETTES) TOBACCO (NUMBER 175) CARD!
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7.58 cm Minenwerfer
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7.58 cm Minenwerfer a.A.
A 7.58 cm Minenwerfer at the
Brussels
Army Museum
Type
Light mortar
Place of origin
German Empire
Service history
Used by
German Empire
Wars
World War I
Production history
Designer
Rheinmetall
Designed
1909
Manufacturer
Rheinmetall
Variants
n.A.
Specifications
Mass
147 kg (324 lbs)
Barrel
length
23.5 cm (9.3 in) L/3.1
Crew
5-6
Shell
4.6 kg (10 lb 2 oz)
Caliber
75.8 mm (2.99 in)
Recoil
hydro-spring
Carriage
platform
Elevation
+ 45 to + 78 degrees
Traverse
7°
Rate of fire
6 rounds per minute
Muzzle velocity
90 m/s (259 ft/s)
Effective firing range
300 m (328 yds) minimum
Maximum firing range
1,300 m (1,421 yds)
The
7.58 cm Minenwerfer a.A. (
alter Art
or old model)
(7.58 cm leMW), was a
German
First World War
mortar
.
History
[
edit
]
German infantrymen towing the minenwerfer in 1918
German troops using the minenwerfer as an anti-tank gun in October 1918
The
Russo-Japanese War
of 1905 had shown the value of mortars against modern fieldworks and fortifications and the Germans were in the process of fielding a whole series of mortars before the beginning of World War I. Their term for them was
Minenwerfer
, literally mine-thrower; they were initially assigned to engineer units in their siege warfare role. By the Winter of 1916-17, they were transferred to infantry units where the leMW's light weight permitted them to accompany the foot-soldiers in the advance.
In common with Rheinmetall's other
Minenwerfer
designs, the leMW was a rifled
muzzle-loader
that had hydraulic cylinders on each side of the tube to absorb the recoil forces and spring recuperators to return the tube to the firing position. It had a rectangular firing platform with limited traverse and elevation. Wheels could be added to ease transportation or it could be carried by at least six men. In 1916, a new model, designated as the n.A. or
neuer Art
(new version), was fielded that included a circular firing platform, giving a turntable effect, which permitted a full 360 degree traverse. It also had a longer 16 inches (410 mm) barrel and could be used for direct fire between 0° and 27° elevation if the new 90 kg (200 lb) trail was fitted to absorb the recoil forces. In this mode it was pressed into service as an
anti-tank
gun.
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