Coehoorn mortar

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In Menno, baron van Coehoorn
…subsequently was known as the Coehoorn mortar. His first book on siege techniques appeared in 1682 and was followed by his most important and most widely translated work, Nieuwe vestingbouw op een natte of lage horisont (1685; “New Fortress Construction in a Flat or Low Terrain”). He perfected a system…
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