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Typically a modern mortar consists of a tube into which is dropped a mortarshell (bomb) onto a firing pin resulting in the detonation of the propellant and the firing of the shell.
Smaller mortars (up to 81 mm) are commonly used and transported by infantry based mortar sections as a substitute for, or in addition to, artillery.
The largest mortars ever developed were the French "Monster Mortar" (developed by Henri-Joseph Paixhans in 1832), "Mallet's mortar" (developed by Woolwich Arsenal, London in 1857) and the "Little David" (developed in the USA for use in World WarII).
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