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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}} | |||
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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}} | |||
==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]] | |||
==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> | |||
== | ==List of appearances== | ||
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*''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' {{1st}} | |||
*''[[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]]'' | |||
**''[[Halo: Fall of Reach - Invasion|Invasion]]'' | |||
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*''[[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]] | |||
*''[[Halo: Winter Contention]]'' | |||
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==Sources== | |||
{{Ref/Sources}} | |||
[[Category:Mortar]] | |||
[[Category:Artillery]] | [[Category:Artillery]] |