9cm Lanz Minenwerfer

 

 

 

 

German designation :

9 cm Minenwerfer System Lanz

Calibre :

91.3mm L/6.5

Weight in action :

114 kg

Barrel length :

0.60 m

Granatmine

weight :

3.5 kg – charge : 360 g

max. range :

75m / 450 m

glatte leichte Wurfmine 

weight :

3.8 kg – charge : 375 g

max. range :

75 m / 320 m

Muzzle velocity :

 

Elevation :

+ 75° / + 45°

Rate of fire :

 

Personell required :

5 men

Remarks :

Stop-gap trench mortar introduced 1915. It was manufactured in Mannheim by Heinrich Lanz. The barrel was made of sheet steel for the 91.3 mm calibre and was mounted of a folding sled, fixed onto a wooden plate with iron reinforcements. According with NEDEFF, Les opérations en Macédonie. L'épopée de Doïran, page 104 (of the French translation), 9th Plevenska Infantry Division had 10 MW Lanz in 1917 at Doiran.

For other information and images of this mortar see :

http://www.landships.freeservers.com/adh_germart1_l-mortars.htm

 

 

 

 

Marching order

Firing order