Low Tech cannons mortars and shells

[Rupert]

Originally Posted by Varyon

*I honestly can't recall of mortars actually show up in LT - it might have only been longer cannon. ISTR at least one of the ridiculously-large weapons in LTC2 making a note that it would technically qualify as a mortar (the barrel was only a few calibers long, but it was one heck of a caliber), but I don't remember more appropriately-sized mortars actually being in LT.

The definitions of 'mortar', 'cannon', 'gun', 'howitzer', and their hybrids are fairly arbitrary and differ from one country to another, and have differed over time as well. For TL3-5 using 'mortar' to mean 'an artillery piece that fires on a high arc, allowing indirect fire' and 'cannon' or 'gun' to refer to everything that doesn't do this is generally going to be fine if you're not trying to distinguish further.