Midgard Serpent

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Note that in the early war years the Germans used two large smoke throwing
mortars - the 10cm Nebelwerfer 35, which was a conventional Brandt type
mortar (basically a scaled-up version of the 8cm s.Gr.W. 34), and the
very
much more complex breech-loading 10cm Nebelwerfer 40. The NbW 40's only
asset was it's very long range - 6350 meters as opposed to 3000 meters
for the NbW 35. The Nebelwerfer 35 saw considerable use in the early war
years, at the crossing of the Meuse for one. The Nebelwerfer 40 was used in
very small numbers since it was very complex and expensive, and came into
service only shortly before the first rockets (the Nebelwerfer 41). Both types
of mortars could fire HE and Gas shells in addition to smoke. Hope this helps.
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