Mortar weapon

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

Some weapons, while not technically designated as mortar weapons, are utilized like mortars. Fuel rod guns, especially the, are treated like man-portable, shoulder-mounted defensive mortars, because they are capable of arcing fuel rods from a great distance away. The 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. Jiralhanae Warlords are known to hold Scrap Cannons at an upwards angle to arc the cannon's explosive rounds over obstacles.

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

Starship weapons

 * Dovotaa Workshop Griever's heavy mortar
 * Plasma bombardment mortar

List of appearances

 * Halo: Combat Evolved
 * Halo: The Flood
 * Halo: First Strike
 * Halo 2
 * Halo Graphic Novel
 * Armor Testing
 * Halo: Ghosts of Onyx
 * Starry Night
 * Halo 3
 * Halo: Uprising
 * Halo Wars
 * Halo 3: ODST
 * Sadie's Story
 * Halo Legends
 * The Duel
 * Prototype
 * Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe
 * Palace Hotel
 * Halo: Blood Line
 * Halo: Reach
 * Halo: Fall of Reach
 * Invasion


 * Halo: Combat Evolved Anniversary
 * Halo: The Thursday War
 * Halo 4
 * Spartan Ops
 * Halo: Spartan Assault
 * Halo: Escalation
 * Halo 2: Anniversary
 * Halo: Spartan Strike
 * Halo: Last Light
 * Halo 5: Guardians
 * Know Your Enemy
 * Halo Mythos
 * Halo Wars 2
 * Halo: Rise of Atriox
 * Halo: Fireteam Raven
 * Halo: Oblivion
 * Halo: Shadows of Reach
 * Halo: Divine Wind
 * Halo Infinite
 * ''Halo: The Rubicon Protocol
 * Winter Contention