The Type 98 (1938) 50 mm Mortar was designed to fire a spigot bomb or a bangalore torpedo with fins to detonate barbed wire. The mortar consists of three parts: a rectangular, sectioned base plate, ...

An old World War Two defence has been found in a Coventry hedgerow. The 29mm 'spigot mortar' is said to be a "rare" example ...

The rare find, a 29mm 'spigot mortar', resting in solid concrete provides extraordinary insights into the city's wartime ...

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The wing nuts which locked the mortar into a particular elevation are also missing. French spigot mortar used by the French Army during the First World War. The original designs were conceived in ...

The 7.2 inch anti-submarine spigot mortar was destroyed in a controlled explosion on Wednesday night. Train services that run nearby were suspended while the Navy bomb squad operation was carried out.