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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}}
[[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|A diagram of a mortar's damage.]]
A '''Mortar''' is any weapon or class of weapon that utilizes the firing of a projectile or other device in an arc-like fashion at a target. A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance.


Traditionally, a mortar is a pipe in which a round (high explosive, phosphorous, or flare) fitted with a self-detonating charge is dropped in, and a firing mechanism at the bottom of the pipe launches the round in an arc-like trajectory.
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}} [[Jiralhanae]] [[Jiralhanae Warlord|Warlords]] are known to hold [[Grenflekt Workshop Scrap Cannon|Scrap Cannons]] at an upwards angle to arc the cannon's explosive rounds over obstacles.{{Ref/Quest|HI|Connections|Conservatory}}


The paradox of mortar weapons is that all projectile weapons are limited to arc-traveling projectiles, except the mortar is a classification of which that arc is incredibly profound. This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons.
==List of mortar weapons==
===Ground weapons===
*[[Heavy Mortar System]]
*[[KG Mark 34 flame mortar]]
*[[Plasma mortar]]
**[[Class-2 medium plasma mortar]]
**[[Heavy plasma mortar]]
**[[XM4600 Zeus plasma munition howitzer]]
*Unidentified field mortar{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=11}}{{Ref/Novel|LL|Chapter=14}}
===Starship weapons===
*[[Dovotaa Workshop Griever]]'s heavy mortar{{Ref/Book|Enc22|Page=473}}
*[[Plasma bombardment mortar]]


The only mortars in Halo that are mentioned are of [[Covenant]] make: the two examples are the standard [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]]'s [[Plasma Cannon|Gun]] and the [[Fuel Rod Gun]] from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] multiplayer. There are also portable plasma mortars that [[Grunts]] set up near the core of [[Onyx]], though these were never fired because their crews were all killed.
==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:H3 HighGround BigAssMortarGun.jpg|A diagram of a mortar and its targeted area in an early concept for the ''[[Halo 3]]'' multiplayer map [[High Ground]].
File:SCN05 MegaTurret-screenshot.jpg|A blast from an {{Pattern|Emp'seam|Antlion}}'s siege plasma mortar arcing through the air in ''[[Halo Wars]]''.
File:HFR Mission 6.png|The arc of a plasma blast from a ''Muz''-pattern Wraith's heavy plasma mortar in ''[[Halo: Fireteam Raven]]''.
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==List of appearances==
*Although the [[Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher]] is commonly believed to be a mortar gun, it actually fires anti-air surface-to-air missiles (AA-SAMS) instead. Mortar weapons are usually heavy weapons.
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Latest revision as of 15:16, February 5, 2024

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A mortar is a class of weapon that fires a projectile in an arc-like fashion at a target.[1][2] This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons.[3] A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance.[4]

Some weapons, while not technically designated as mortar weapons, are utilized like mortars. Fuel rod guns, especially the Zasqi-pattern fuel rod gun, are treated like man-portable, shoulder-mounted defensive mortars, because they are capable of arcing fuel rods from a great distance away.[5] The Chwich-pattern Saker is armed with the heavy plasma cannon, but it was repurposed as a plasma mortar by Jul 'Mdama's Covenant following the Human-Covenant War.[6] Jiralhanae Warlords are known to hold Scrap Cannons at an upwards angle to arc the cannon's explosive rounds over obstacles.[7]

List of mortar weapons[edit]

Ground weapons[edit]

Starship weapons[edit]

Gallery[edit]

List of appearances[edit]

Sources[edit]

  1. ^ Halo Wars, UNSC base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade
  2. ^ Halo Wars, Covenant citadel base turret - Anti-infantry upgrade
  3. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition), page 347
  4. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 305
  5. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 298
  6. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 304
  7. ^ Halo Infinite, campaign mission Connections: Conservatory
  8. ^ Halo: Last Light, chapter 11
  9. ^ Halo: Last Light, chapter 14
  10. ^ Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition), page 473
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