Pike & Shotte: The English Civil Wars & Thirty Years War - Mortar Imperial Fists Though trained with all weapons

Though trained with all weapons

Journal Issue 17

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Pike & Shotte: The English Civil Wars & Thirty Years War - Mortar Imperial Fists Though trained with all weaponsPike & Shotte Mortar There were few more terrifying weapons in the 17th Century than the fearsome blast of the mortar bomb. Employed largely at sieges, mortars spat their fizzing, hissing shells high into the air clearing the tallest walls or towers to crash into streets or houses below before exploding in a shattering blast. They terrorised garrisons and townsfolk alike, sometimes leading to the civilians petitioning the citys governor to surrender