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[[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|A diagram of a mortar's damage.]] | [[Image:H3 map.jpg|thumb|A diagram of a mortar's damage.]] | ||
A '''Mortar''' is any weapon or class of weapon that utilizes the firing of a projectile or other device in an arc-like fashion at a target. A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance. | A '''Mortar''' is any weapon or class of weapon that utilizes the firing of a projectile or other device in an arc-like fashion at a target. A mortar is also a classic indirect-fire weapon, and is generally used to support ground troops from a distance. | ||
Traditionally | Traditionally, a mortar is a pipe in which a round (high explosive, phosphorous, or flare) fitted with a self-detonating charge is dropped in, and a firing mechanism at the bottom of the pipe launches the round in an arc-like trajectory. | ||
The paradox of mortar weapons is that all projectile weapons are limited to arc-traveling projectiles, except the mortar is a classification of which that arc is incredibly profound. This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons. | The paradox of mortar weapons is that all projectile weapons are limited to arc-traveling projectiles, except the mortar is a classification of which that arc is incredibly profound. This arc allows mortars to fire over obstacles that may stop normal weapons. | ||
The only mortars in Halo that are mentioned are of [[Covenant]] make: the two examples are the standard [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]]'s [[Plasma Cannon|Gun]] and the [[Fuel Rod Gun]] from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] multiplayer. There are also portable plasma mortars that [[Grunts]] set up near the core of [[ | The only mortars in Halo that are mentioned are of [[Covenant]] make: the two examples are the standard [[Type-25 Assault Gun Carriage|Wraith]]'s [[Plasma Cannon|Gun]] and the [[Fuel Rod Gun]] from [[Halo: Combat Evolved]] multiplayer. There are also portable plasma mortars that [[Grunts]] set up near the core of [[Onyx]], though these were never fired because their crews were all killed. | ||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Although the [[Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher]] is commonly believed to be a mortar gun, it actually fires anti-air surface-to-air missiles (AA-SAMS) instead. Mortar weapons are usually heavy weapons. | *Although the [[Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher]] is commonly believed to be a mortar gun, it actually fires anti-air surface-to-air missiles (AA-SAMS) instead. Mortar weapons are usually heavy weapons. | ||
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