Assertion: mortar | /r/HasProperty | fired
Facets:
value: without a fire direction center
type: OTHER
value: accurately
type: MANNER
value: electrically
type: MANNER
value: manually
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The ML 3-inch mortar is a conventional Stokes-type mortar that is muzzle-loaded and drop-fired.
text: Larger mortars such as the breech loading M1919 12-inch Coastal defense mortar are manually fired once the shell is in the mortar, using a lanyard pull to strike the firing pin igniting the propellant or electrically with a primer that ignites the propellant when the firing switch is closed.
text: The film shows the heavy shells (on shell carts) being wheeled up to the breeches of the mortars and rammed home, the powder bags being tossed into the breeches after them, the crew clearing the immediate area while the chief of the breech raises his arm to indicate "ready to fire," and the mortars being fired electrically (from outside the area pictured).
text: The mortar can be fired accurately with or without a fire direction center.
text: The mortar can be fired accurately with or without a fire direction center.
text: The mortar is then fired using the direct-lay, hand-held mode.
text: The mortar can be fired accurately with or without a fire direction center.
text: When the mortar is fired the friction igniters are lit and a black-powder delay train starts giving a 7 second delay.