Welcome to Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum! Log in and join the community.

Difference between revisions of "Mole mortar"

From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
Jump to: navigation, search
m
(20 intermediate revisions by 10 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''Mole Mortar''' is a heavy weapon that was available up to [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook|3rd Edition]] where it disappeared. It is basically an inverted [[mortar]] with a shell or 'tunnel-torpedo' which tunnels through the ground underneath the battlefield. It was originally developed to attack tunelling vehicles but was then used as a short range assault weapon.
+
{{AstraMilitarumPortal}}
 +
{{SquatPortal}}
 +
[[Image:Mole Mortar mini.jpg|thumb|right|Mole Mortar with [[Squat]]s crew{{Fn|1a}}]]
 +
The '''Mole Mortar''' is a support weapon used my some [[Imperial]] forces. It is basically an inverted [[mortar]] that fires a burrowing sub-surface missile, or tunnel-torpedo, into the ground.{{Fn|1a}} The missile burrows its way toward its target, bypassing all surface hazards and defenses, emerging from the ground beneath the target. The missile is self-guided and able to track its target through solid rock.{{Cite This}}
  
It is notoriously inaccurate and has a temperamental fuse, either exploding below ground, just after breaking the surface or in the air.
+
The mole mortar is an invention of the [[Squat]] [[Engineers Guild]], and has been adopted by the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Cite this}} Actually it was developed to destroy enemy tunneling vehicles but was so succesful that now used as a short-ranged assault weapon. {{Fn|1b}} It is sometimes used to breach fortifications too strong for conventional weaponry to damage. Due to the unique way it operates, the mole mortar is able to circumvent most defences, striking from below to explode within bunkers and other structures. [[Mechanicus]] [[Skitarii]] armies favour the mole mortar as a close support weapon, allowing them to strike unexpectedly at the most heavily-armoured enemy, and allowing the Skitarii infantry to exploit the confusion sown in the enemy lines.{{Cite This}}
  
The Mole Mortar presents Imperial tunneller technology at its most practical. Originally developed in the [[Dark Age of Technology]], the Mole Mortar was used to breach fortifications too strong for conventional weaponry to damage. Due to the unique way it operates, the Mole Mortar was able to circumvent most defences, striking from below to explode within bunkers and other structures. Mechanicus [[Skitarii]] armies favour the Mole Mortar as a close support weapon, allowing them to strike unexpectedly at the most heavily-armoured enemy, and allowing the Skitarii infantry to exploit the confusion sown in the enemy lines.
+
== Previous Editions / Canon Conflicts ==
 +
The mole mortar was introduced in older editions of [[Warhammer 40,000]], but has not reappeared in more recent Codices and Rulebooks. However, a similar weapon, the [[Mole Launcher]] appears in more recent publications, used by the [[Death Korps of Krieg]].{{Cite This}} This weapon's relationship with the older Mole mortar is unknown.
  
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
*[[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]]
+
{{Cite}}
*[[Warhammer 40,000 Wargear]], W40K second edition
+
*1: [[Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican]]
*Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions (specialist-games.com)
+
**{{Endn|1a}}: pg. 62
 +
**{{Endn|1b}}: pg. 77
  
==Related Articles==
+
===Uncited===
 
+
{{Uncited}}
[[Category:Imperial Weapons]]
+
*[[White Dwarf#136]], pg. 75
 +
*[[Warhammer 40,000: Compendium]], {{Cite This}}
 +
*[[Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
 +
*{{Cite This}}, Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions (specialist-games.com)
 +
*[http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/acatalog/DEATH_KORPS_OF_KRIEG.html Death Korps of Krieg]
 +
[[Category:Missile Weapons]]
 +
[[Category:Weapons (Squats)]]
 +
[[Category:Weapons (Astra Militarum)]]
 +
[[de:Tunnelmörser]]

Revision as of 05:15, 7 February 2019

Mole Mortar with Squats crew[1a]

The Mole Mortar is a support weapon used my some Imperial forces. It is basically an inverted mortar that fires a burrowing sub-surface missile, or tunnel-torpedo, into the ground.[1a] The missile burrows its way toward its target, bypassing all surface hazards and defenses, emerging from the ground beneath the target. The missile is self-guided and able to track its target through solid rock.[Needs Citation]

The mole mortar is an invention of the Squat Engineers Guild, and has been adopted by the Imperial Guard.[Needs Citation] Actually it was developed to destroy enemy tunneling vehicles but was so succesful that now used as a short-ranged assault weapon. [1b] It is sometimes used to breach fortifications too strong for conventional weaponry to damage. Due to the unique way it operates, the mole mortar is able to circumvent most defences, striking from below to explode within bunkers and other structures. Mechanicus Skitarii armies favour the mole mortar as a close support weapon, allowing them to strike unexpectedly at the most heavily-armoured enemy, and allowing the Skitarii infantry to exploit the confusion sown in the enemy lines.[Needs Citation]

Previous Editions / Canon Conflicts

The mole mortar was introduced in older editions of Warhammer 40,000, but has not reappeared in more recent Codices and Rulebooks. However, a similar weapon, the Mole Launcher appears in more recent publications, used by the Death Korps of Krieg.[Needs Citation] This weapon's relationship with the older Mole mortar is unknown.

Sources

Uncited