Ordnance ML 3 Inch Mortar
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Ordnance ML 3 Inch Mortar is updated to version Beta Two. |
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| Placement | ||
| Faction | British | |
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| Doctrine | Any | |
| Tree | Any | |
| Price | ||
 Manpower
| 300 | |
 Ammunition
| 60 | |
 Fuel
| 0 | |
 Population
| 4 | |
| Attributes | ||
| Squad Size | 2 | |
| Health | 395 | |
| Crew Health | invincible | |
| Targeting | ||
| Target Type | emplacements | |
| Crew Type | invincible | |
| Crew Cover | Emplacement | |
| Vision | ||
| Sight | 35 | |
| Detection | 7/0 | |
| British | Ordnance ML 3 Inch Mortar Veterancy | ||||
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 | 10% reduction to received accuracy. | 14 |  Level 1
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| 15% reduction to cooldown. | 56 |  Level 2
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| 30% reduction to scatter angle & 10% increase to damage. | 168 |  Level 3
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| Known Unit (Custom Name) | 420 |  Level 4
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| Feared Unit (Custom Skin) | 630 |  Level 5
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The United Kingdom's Ordnance ML 3-inch (76 mm) mortar was the standard mortar used by the British army during World War Two.
History
Based on their experience in World War I, the British infantry asked some sort of artillery for close support. The initial plan was for special batteries of artillery, but the cost was prohibitive and the mortar was accepted instead.
Virtually every civilian reference publication states the 3-inch (76 mm) mortar had a caliber of 76.2mm (3 inches), however, the “3-inch” mortar had an actual bore of 3.189 inches (81mm). Few British or American manuals on the 3-inch (76 mm) provide its actual caliber, even on diagrams of the mortar annotated with all other dimensions. However in the 1951 and 1963 Infantry Training pamphlets dealing with this weapon, the bore is given as 3.2 inches. During World War II the British modified the 3-inch (76 mm) mortar to allow it to fire captured Italian 81 mm mortar ammunition in North Africa (the modification required a change to the firing pin design as the Italian ignition cartridge and propellant charge were different).
The ML mortar is a conventional Stokes-type mortar which is muzzle-loaded and drop-fired. Experience in World War II showed that it did not have sufficient range when compared to the German 81 mm sGw34 mortar and so a new barrel was designed. This became the Mark 2 mortar.
Tactics & Tips
- Use it to aid your infantry with close fire support.
- If two members of the team are killed, the third member will die as well.
- Mortars can be recaptured if the crew is killed.
- Use the smoke ability on trenches in order to nullify the accuracy of infantry firing through the smoke.
- If you are setting up/packing up the mortar, or are moving with it when the crew dies, the mortar will not drop.
- The mortar deals more damage and has a longer range than it´s 60mm allied counterpart, but it is also less accurate.
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