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A '''mortar''' is a class of weapon that fires a projectile in an arc-like fashion at a target.{{Ref/Game|Id=flamemortar|HW|UNSC base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade}}{{Ref/Game|Id=citadelturret|HW|Covenant citadel base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade}} This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11p347|Enc11|Page=347}} A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=305}} | A '''mortar''' is a class of weapon that fires a projectile in an arc-like fashion at a target.{{Ref/Game|Id=flamemortar|HW|UNSC base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade}}{{Ref/Game|Id=citadelturret|HW|Covenant citadel base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade}} This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons.{{Ref/Book|Id=enc11p347|Enc11|Page=347}} A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=305}} | ||
Some weapons, while not technically designated as mortar weapons, are utilized like mortars. [[Fuel rod gun]]s, especially the {{Pattern|Zasqi|fuel rod gun}}, are treated like man-portable, shoulder-mounted defensive mortars, because they are capable of arcing [[fuel rod]]s from a great distance away.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=298}} The {{Pattern|Chwich|Saker}} is armed with the [[heavy plasma cannon]], but it was repurposed as a [[plasma mortar]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] following the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=304 | Some weapons, while not technically designated as mortar weapons, are utilized like mortars. [[Fuel rod gun]]s, especially the {{Pattern|Zasqi|fuel rod gun}}, are treated like man-portable, shoulder-mounted defensive mortars, because they are capable of arcing [[fuel rod]]s from a great distance away.{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=298}} The {{Pattern|Chwich|Saker}} is armed with the [[heavy plasma cannon]], but it was repurposed as a [[plasma mortar]] by [[Jul 'Mdama]]'s [[Jul 'Mdama's Covenant|Covenant]] following the [[Human-Covenant War]].{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=304}} | ||
==List of mortar weapons== | ==List of mortar weapons== | ||
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*Unidentified field mortar{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=11}}{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=14}} | *Unidentified field mortar{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=11}}{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=14}} | ||
===Starship weapons=== | ===Starship weapons=== | ||
*[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]]'s heavy mortar | *[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]]'s heavy mortar | ||
*[[Plasma bombardment mortar]] | *[[Plasma bombardment mortar]] | ||
