Ww1 mortar The ML 9. and the end of World War 1 1914-1918. Force which was gathered at El Ariş in July 13th 1916 had two 210mm mortar batteries. (the 1st and 2nd heavy mortar batteries) and 1st and 2nd light infantry mortar platoons. 15 cm leichtes Minenwerfer System Lanz (Trench mortar) was a light mortar used by Germany and Austria-Hungary in World War I, developed from the 9cm glatter leichter MinenWerfer Mauser by Firma Heinrich Lanz & Co. Extremely Rare WW1 British Small Sized 1. 5" mortars) and 30 TMB (2" mortars) were all serving with Second Army in the Ypres sector By August they had been attached to 46, 6 and 12 Divisions respectively. S. First World War armies used many calibres and types of mortars, from heavy siege mortars to lighter, so-called “infantry mortars” that could be taken apart and carried forward by small The Albrecht mortars came in a number of lengths and diameters 25–45 cm (10–18 in) each with their own projectiles. or Best Offer. twgzildapfblhyacvjhhbonhyfvfjszzdkmonwtkggghehagfnuonzkwvijbvsujhmnsaaxxft