Mole mortar
The Mole Mortar is a support weapon used by 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]
See also
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- White Dwarf 136, pg. 75
- Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, [Needs Citation]
- Warhammer 40,000: Wargear (2nd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- [Needs Citation], Adeptus Mechanicus Titan Legions (specialist-games.com)
- Death Korps of Krieg