22.5 cm M 15

The 22.5 cm Minenwerfer M 15 was a heavy mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was developed by Böhler as an alternative to the German Ehrhardt 25 cm schwere Minenwerfer which Böhler was having problems building under license. It was a muzzle-loading, smooth-bore mortar that had no recoil system whatsoever. The entire mortar had to be levered around to aim at new targets. It was not particularly accurate and bombs often fell over in flight and landed on their sides so they used time instead of contact fuzes. It fired high-explosive and gas shells. For transport two wheels from the Gebirgsgechütz M 99 were used.

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22.5cm Heavy Trench Mortar
length 1350 millimetre, mass 432 kilogram, speed 170 metre per second, 
mortar, Böhler, Austria–Hungary, 

mortar, mortar, 

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Location: KML, Cluster Map, Maps,

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

1918-01-01T00:00:00Z

1915 — 1918 22.5 cm M 15

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

1914-07-28T00:00:00Z

World War I

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22cm M.15.Minenwerfer (BildID 15722800)

22cm Minenwerferzug 72 in Feuerstellung. (BildID 15481618)

22cm Art.Minenwerfer. (Techn.Kurs i.Oberfellach.) (BildID 15494655)

22cm Minenwerferzug 72 am Marsche. (BildID 15481639)

22cm Minenwerfer (BildID 15482293)

22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Richten. (BildID 15727978)

22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Einbau. (BildID 15727971)

22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Zutragen der Munition. (BildID 15727985)

Richten des 22cm Minenwerfers. (BildID 15587447)

Für 22cm.M.15.M.W.Richtschuber im Gebrauch. (BildID 15647917)

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
commons	image		22cm M.15.Minenwerfer (BildID 15722800)		Commons
commons	image		22cm Minenwerferzug 72 in Feuerstellung. (BildID 15481618)		Commons
commons	image		22cm Art.Minenwerfer. (Techn.Kurs i.Oberfellach.) (BildID 15494655)		Commons
commons	image		22cm Minenwerferzug 72 am Marsche. (BildID 15481639)		Commons
commons	image		22cm Minenwerfer (BildID 15482293)		Commons
commons	image		22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Richten. (BildID 15727978)		Commons
commons	image		22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Einbau. (BildID 15727971)		Commons
commons	image		22 cm-Minenwerfer beim ottom.Korps, Zutragen der Munition. (BildID 15727985)		Commons
commons	image		Richten des 22cm Minenwerfers. (BildID 15587447)		Commons
commons	image		Für 22cm.M.15.M.W.Richtschuber im Gebrauch. (BildID 15647917)		Commons