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Stokes Trench Mortar
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
The 3 inch Stokes Trench Mortar appears in the following movies, TV shows, and video games:
Film
- James Cagney as Private Jerry Plunkett and Alan Hale Sr. as Sergeant 'Big Mike' Wynn in The Fighting 69th (1940)
- The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)