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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" who could keep up with the German ''[[Minenwerfer]]'' 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. | ||
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| ''[[ | | ''[[Journey's End (1930)|Journey's End]]'' || || British soldiers || || 1930 | ||
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| ''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[Alan Hale Sr.]] || Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn || | | rowspan="2"|''[[The Fighting 69th]]'' || [[James Cagney]] || Private Jerry Plunkett || || rowspan="2"| 1940 | ||
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==Television== | ===Television=== | ||
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==Video Games== | ===Video Games=== | ||
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Revision as of 13:22, 21 May 2018
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" who could keep up with the German Minenwerfer 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 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journey's End | British soldiers | 1930 | ||
| The Fighting 69th | James Cagney | Private Jerry Plunkett | 1940 | |
| Alan Hale Sr. | Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn |
Television
| Show Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Air Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anzacs | Australian soldiers | 1985 | ||
| Journey's End | British soldiers | 1988 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield: 1918 | "Stokes Mortar" | 2004 | |
| The Great War 1918 | 2013 | ||
| Verdun | unusable | 2015 | |
| Battlefield 1 | can be equipped on Mark V tanks and armoured cars | 2016 |