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The Monster Mortar (French: Mortier Monstre) is one the largest mortar ever developed. Also called Leopold or Liege mortar, the 24 inches (610 mm) caliber ... MilitaryWiki Explore MainPage Discuss AllPages Community InteractiveMaps Popularpages Mostvisitedarticles ListofactivedutyUnitedStatesfour-starofficers EugeneRoe VijayantThapar VinceSperanza M1Garand NorthropF-5 Projectmaintenance Doubleredirects Brokenredirects Wantedcategories Wantedpages Wantedtemplates UncategorizedCategories Shortpages Unusedcategories FANDOM Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Register Don'thaveanaccount? SignIn Advertisement in: Pagescontainingcitetemplateswithdeprecatedparameters,ArticlescontainingFrench-languagetext,ArticlesincorporatingtextfromWikipedia,MortarsofBelgium MonsterMortar Viewsource History Talk(0) watch 01:36 We'reGettingMutantsintheMCU-TheLoop Doyoulikethisvideo? PlaySound Monstermortar MonstermortaremployedduringthesiegeofthecitadelatAntwerpin1832 Type Heavymortar Place of origin Belgium Servicehistory In service 1832 Used by Belgium Wars SiegeofAntwerp(1832) Productionhistory Designer Henri-JosephPaixhans Designed 1832 Manufacturer RoyalcannonfoundryofLiège[1] Number built 2 Specifications Weight 7,750 kg(17,090 lb)(withoutcarriage)[2] Barrel length 22feet(6.7 m) Caliber 24inches(610 mm)[3] Barrels 1 Feed system Muzzleloading Filling powder Filling weight max.14 kg(31 lb)[2] TheMonsterMortar(French:MortierMonstre)isonethelargestmortareverdeveloped.AlsocalledLeopoldorLiegemortar,the24inches(610 mm)calibermortarwasconceivedbytheFrenchartilleryofficerHenri-JosephPaixhans.ThemortarwasmanufacturedunderthedirectionoftheBelgianMinisterofWarBaronLouisEvainandcastattheBelgianroyalfoundryatin1832inLiège,Belgium.ItsawactionattheBattleofAntwerpinDecember1832. Contents 1History 2Description 3Seealso 4References 5Furtherreading History TheBelgianRevolutionthatbeganinAugust1830ledtothesecessionofthesouthernprovincesfromtheUnitedKingdomoftheNetherlandsandestablishedanindependentKingdomofBelgium.TheDutchkingWilliamIintendedtosuppresstheBelgianRevolutioninAugust1831[4]byinvadingBelgiumon2August1831.OverthecourseofthenextfewdaysBelgianforcesweredefeatedseveraltimesinbattleandDutchtroopsadvanceddeepintoBelgianterritoryuntil,on8August,theBelgiangovernmentappealedtoFranceforsupport.FollowingtheFrencharmy'sTenDays'CampaignoftheFrenchArméeduNordunderMarshalÉtienneGérard,theDutchtroopsstartedtowithdrew.TheKingoftheNetherlandsorderedtheDutchGeneralDavidHendrikChassétohold,with4500men,[5]theCitadelofAntwerpatallcosts.Fromthecitadel,ChassébombardedthecityofAntwerp,settingfiretohundredsofhomesandcausingmanycasualtiesamongthecivilianpopulation.TheseeventsledtothesecondinterventionbytheFrenchArméeduNordofMarshalGérard.On15November1832,theFrenchArméeduNordanditssiegespecialistFrançoisHaxobegantolaytheDutchtroopsundersiege,quicklyoccupyingtheFortMontebellosituatedtotheeastofthecitadelandtothesouthofthecityfromwhichtheystartedfiringatthecitadel. Description ThemonstermortarwasorderedbytheBelgianMinisterofWarBaronEmpain.ConceivedbytheFrenchartilleryofficerHenri-JosephPaixhans,the24inches(610 mm)[6]calibermortarwascastattheBelgianroyalfoundryofCannonsin1832inLiège,Belgium. NexttotheMonsterMortar,thelargestmortarseverdevelopedweretwo36inches(914 mm)calibermortar:theMallet'sMortar,designedbyRobertMalletandtestedbytheWoolwichArsenal,London,in1857,andthe"LittleDavid"developedintheUnitedStatesforuseinWorldWarII).Thesemortarsnevershowedaction.[7][8] The"MonsterMortar"sawactionon21Decemberand22December1832butwasabandonedinFortMontebellosoonafter.[9] ThemortarusedduringtheSiegeofAntwerpexplodedduringatestcampaignon18May1833inBrasschaat,neartoAntwerp.[10]AsecondmonstermortarwasmanufacturedinLiègein1834[11] Seealso Listofheavymortars Listofthelargestcannonbycaliber References Notes ↑CentreLiégeoisd'Histoireetd'ArchéologieMilitaires(2June1983)."LaFonderieRoyaledeCanonsàLiège"(inFrench).clham.org.http://www.clham.org/050141.htm.Retrieved8February2014.  ↑2.02.1Manceron,V.(January1873)."Mortiersàâmelisse"(inFrench).Desbouchesàfeurayéesdestinéesàtirersurdesouvrageshorizontaux —obusiersetmortiersrayés.322.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6468152c/f322.image.  ↑UnitedServiceMagazine1833,p. 364. ↑Pirenne1948,p. 32. ↑KoninklijkNederlandsLegermuseum(2006)."HetbelegvandeCitadelvanAntwerpenin1832"(inDutch).TheSiegeoftheCitadelofAntwerpin1832.http://www.collectie.legermuseum.nl/sites/strategion/contents/i004551/arma17%20het%20beleg%20van%20de%20citadel%20van%20antwerpen%20in%201832.pdf.  ↑FrenchcontemporarysourcesreportthattheMonsterMortarhadacaliberof22inches.Beforetheadoptionofthemetricsystem,severalEuropeancountrieshadcustomaryunitswhosenametranslatesinto"inch".TheFrenchpoucemeasured27.88mm,atleastwhenappliedtodescribethecalibreofartillerypieces(seealso:UnitsofmeasurementinFranceandMesuresusuelles).22Frenchinchesareequivalentto24Englishinches. ↑"LargestMortar".GuinnessWorldRecords.Archivedfromtheoriginalon2006-02-10.http://web.archive.org/web/20060210055938/http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=46267.Retrieved2006-04-04.  ↑"ThesiegeofthecitadelofAntwerp.Thesurrender".21May1833.p.3.http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/2212106#pstart497852.  ↑MartindeBrettes&Corréard1856,p. 44. ↑"Faitscurieux,variétés"(inFrench).25June1833.p.557.ISSN 2022-4966.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6393888f/f13.image.  ↑Bardin,B.(1849)."Mortier"(inFrench).Dictionnairedel'arméedeterre —Rechercheshistoriquessurl'artetlesusagesmilitairesdesanciensetdesmodernes.12.p. 3725.http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k5786118s/f208.image.  Bibliography "TheSiegeofAntwerpin1832".1833.pp.289–392.http://books.google.com/books?id=pQwcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA365.  MartindeBrettes,JeanBaptiste;Corréard,J.(1856)."MortierMonstre"(inFrench).Recueildesbouchesàfeulesplusremarquablesdepuisl'originedelapoudreàcanonjusqu'ànosjours.pp. 44–45.http://books.google.com/books?id=uYhRAAAAYAAJ.  Pirenne,Henri(1948).HistoiredeBelgique.VII:DelaRévolutionde1830àlaGuerrede1914(2nded.).Brussels:MauriceLamertin.  Furtherreading "TheMonsterMortarofAntwerp".TheMechanics'Magazine,Museum,Register,Journal,andGazette.M.Salmon.1833.pp. 374–375.http://books.google.com/books?id=pgoAAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA374.  Meyer,HermannJulius(1908)."Mörser"(inGerman).MeyersKonversations-Lexikon.18.Leipzig:BibliographischesInstitut.p. 160.http://books.google.com/books?id=Jk4oAAAAYAAJ."DerPaixhansscheM.(mortier-monstre,Lüttich)von1832wog155Ztr.undhatte60 cmSeelendurchmesser;dieBombewog103/4Ztr.einschließlich1Ztr.Sprengladung."  vanNeck,Léon(1905)(inFrench).1830illustré:avant,pendantetaprèslarévolution.O.Lamberty.pp. 159.https://archive.org/stream/illustravantpen00neckgoog#page/n163/mode/2up.  Wille,Richard(1872)."Lescanonsobusier"(inFrench).LescanonsgéantsduMoyenÂgeetdestempsmodernes.Paris:Ch.Tanera.pp. 37–38.http://books.google.com/books?id=UgRYHQAACAAJ.  ChevalierdeRichemont(1833)(inFrench).Siègedelacitadelled'Anvers,parl'arméefrançaise,souslesordresdumaréchalcomteGérard.p. 151.http://books.google.com/books?id=hkWt6zEhpBoC&pg=PA151.  Oppelt,Gustave(1861)(inFrench).HistoiregénéraleetchronologiquedelaBelgique,de1830à1860,avecuneintroductionremontantauxévénementsde1787.M.Hayez.p. 870.http://books.google.com/books?id=ivdCAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA870.  Paixhans,H.J.(1849)."NoteNsurunmortierextraordinaire"(inFrench).ConstitutionmilitairedelaFrance.J.Dumaine.p. 282.http://books.google.com/books?id=5n5AAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA282.  Roche,M(1833)."NoticesurletirdumortierPaixhansdevingtdeuxpoucesemployéausièged'Anvers"(inFrench).Journaldessciencesmilitaires.R.Chapelot.pp. 125.http://books.google.com/books?id=-txyCQnVJUAC&pg=PA123.  Raffet,Auguste(1833)(inFrench).Dessinsfaitsd'aprèsnatureausiègedelacitadelled'Anvers.Paris:Gihautfrères.OCLC 185393756.  "TheMilitaryOrganizationofBelgium".1833.pp.8–20.http://books.google.com/books?id=pQwcAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA8.  ThispageusesCreativeCommonsLicensedcontentfromWikipedia(viewauthors). 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