The 12 cm Minenwerfer M 15 (Trench mortar) was a medium mortar used by

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. It was designed by the Army's own ''Technisches und Administratives Militär-Komitee'' (TMK) as an enlarged 9 cm Minenwerfer M 14 in 1915. The War Ministry decided to order 50 from the TMK, but the latter preferred only to produce 10 and switch the remaining 40 to the

14 cm Minenwerfer M 15 The 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15 was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I. It was developed by Škoda Works The Škoda Works ( cs, Škodovy závody, ) was one of the largest European industrial conglomerates of the 20th cent ...

, but no response was made by the Ministry. The TMZ placed an order for the 10 mortars from Teudloff & Dittrich in

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at the end of 1915. A follow on order for another hundred was canceled in February 1916.

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Bibliography

* Ortner, M. Christian. ''The Austro-Hungarian Artillery From 1867 to 1918: Technology, Organization, and Tactics''. Vienna, Verlag Militaria, 2007 {{DEFAULTSORT:12 Cm Minenwerfer M 15 Mortars of Austria-Hungary Infantry mortars 120mm mortars