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[[Image:3inch Stokes Mortar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Stokes Trench Mortar - 3 inch]]
The '''Stokes Trench Mortar''' was developed by an Englishman, Sir Wilfred Scott-Stokes who was the managing director of  Ransome & Rapier of Ipswich, England a mechanical engineering firm. Although Stokes did not have a military background, he quickly grasped the need for a "portable gun" soon after war started in Europe. Stokes correctly reasoned that such a weapon would be valuable for reducing the deadly machine gun nests that were beginning to wreak much havoc on the Western Front. Stokes had a working prototype of his trench mortar ready for testing in December of 1914, barely four months after the war started.
The '''Stokes Trench Mortar''' was developed by an Englishman, Sir Wilfred Scott-Stokes who was the managing director of  Ransome & Rapier of Ipswich, England a mechanical engineering firm. Although Stokes did not have a military background, he quickly grasped the need for a "portable gun" soon after war started in Europe. Stokes correctly reasoned that such a weapon would be valuable for reducing the deadly machine gun nests that were beginning to wreak much havoc on the Western Front. Stokes had a working prototype of his trench mortar ready for testing in December of 1914, barely four months after the war started.
'''The 3 inch Stokes Trench Mortar appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:'''
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== Specifications ==
== Specifications ==
[[Image:3inch Stokes Mortar.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Stokes Trench Mortar - 3 inch]]
 
* '''Stokes Trench Mortar'''
* '''Stokes Trench Mortar'''
* Caliber: 3 inch
* Caliber: 3 inch
* Barrel Length: 51 inches
* Barrel Length: 51 inches
* Weight:  
* Weight:  
* :Tube : 43 pounds
* Tube: 43 pounds
* :Base Plate : 28 pounds
* Base Plate: 28 pounds
* :Bipod : 37 pounds
* Bipod: 37 pounds
* :Total : 108 pounds
* Total: 108 pounds
* Effective Range: 750 yards
* Effective Range: 750 yards
* Maximum Range: 800 yards
* Maximum Range: 800 yards
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== Film ==
== Film ==
* [[James Cagney]] as Private Jerry Plunkett and [[Alan Hale Sr.]] as Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn in ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' (1940)
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* [[Jack Hawkins]] as Major Warden in ''[[Bridge on the River Kwai, The|The Bridge on the River Kwai]]'' (1957)
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* Czech troops in ''[[Tobruk]]'' (2008)
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Notation'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
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| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[James Cagney]] || Private Jerry Plunkett || || 1940
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| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[Alan Hale Sr.]] || Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn || || 1940
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== Television ==
==Video Games==


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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Game Title'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="100"|''' Release Date'''
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| ''[[Battlefield: 1918]]'' || "Stokes Mortar" || || 2004
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[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Mortar]]
[[Category:Mortar]]

Revision as of 19:42, 26 October 2013

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Stokes Trench Mortar - 3 inch

The Stokes Trench Mortar was developed by an Englishman, Sir Wilfred Scott-Stokes who was the managing director of Ransome & Rapier of Ipswich, England a mechanical engineering firm. Although Stokes did not have a military background, he quickly grasped the need for a "portable gun" soon after war started in Europe. Stokes correctly reasoned that such a weapon would be valuable for reducing the deadly machine gun nests that were beginning to wreak much havoc on the Western Front. Stokes had a working prototype of his trench mortar ready for testing in December of 1914, barely four months after the war started.


Specifications

  • Stokes Trench Mortar
  • Caliber: 3 inch
  • Barrel Length: 51 inches
  • Weight:
  • Tube: 43 pounds
  • Base Plate: 28 pounds
  • Bipod: 37 pounds
  • Total: 108 pounds
  • Effective Range: 750 yards
  • Maximum Range: 800 yards


Film

Title Actor Character Notation Date
The Fighting 69th James Cagney Private Jerry Plunkett 1940
The Fighting 69th Alan Hale Sr. Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn 1940

Video Games

Game Title Appears as Mods Release Date
Battlefield: 1918 "Stokes Mortar" 2004
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