The World’s Biggest Mortar Shelled Israeli Troops and Chechen Civilians

War is Boring ^ | April 21, 2016 | Sebastian Roblin

[C19fan]

The Russian M240 240-millimeter mortar, along with its vehicle-mounted counterpart the 2S4 Tyulpan or “Tulip,” is possibly the largest-caliber tube artillery, not including rockets, used in combat today. Its massive shells were intended to smash apart heavy military fortifications, but just as often they have been employed to rain devastation upon densely-populated urban areas.

[Gaffer]

I’d modify that title to something that says “world’s most current” mortar shell/shot....”

There were bigger ones even before the CW as I recall.

[Elderberry]

Little David 910mm

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3396806/posts

[Wildbill22]

Does the US have anything close to that?

[C19fan]

The largest caliber is 120 MM.

[Elderberry]

In WW1 we had a 240mm Mortar.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/240_mm_Trench_Mortar

[driftdiver]

Just fire two smaller ones and don’t make things more complicated.

[DuncanWaring]

Largest cannons by caliber:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_cannon_by_caliber

[libertylover]

I think of a mortar as a hand-carried piece for use by infantry. I’d call this thing artillery.

[gorush]

[XRdsRev]

I believe the biggest mortar actually used in combat during the American Civil War was 13”. Definitely bigger than 240mm.

[Gaffer]

I was at Picatinny Arsenal on several occasions and had the good fortune to tour through their production/repair facility. There was an M119 troop carrier converted for a 120mm Mortar pit crew that could rotate in the crew space that was converted. It was really neat.

[Oztrich Boy]