mortar

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Since fighting erupted, a nonstop barrage of airstrikes and fire from tanks, mortars and artillery have incinerated buildings, pushed hospitals to collapse and left streets strewn with bodies.

From Washington Post

One channel on Telegram often announces that the Ukrainian Army is firing mortars, just before a Russian missile strike.

From New York Times

“I’m hearing a lot of artillery shells, mortars,” he said.

From Washington Post

A witness said that the mortars, fired by Eritrean troops allied to the Ethiopian government, had killed several residents during the first month of the civil war.

From Washington Post

Switching between his smartphone and an encrypted radio, he instructed soldiers at another location to dial in their 82-millimeter mortar.

From Los Angeles Times