{"id":231,"date":"2019-03-17T20:14:24","date_gmt":"2019-03-17T20:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/candrdigital.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/17\/tab-episode-44-ww1-2-inch-trench-mortar\/"},"modified":"2020-07-22T14:48:50","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T19:48:50","slug":"tab-episode-44-ww1-2-inch-trench-mortar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/17\/tab-episode-44-ww1-2-inch-trench-mortar\/","title":{"rendered":"TAB Episode 44: WW1 2-Inch Trench Mortar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sWfaHnVdjtA?controls=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The British Army entered the First World War with no light mortars. As the stalemate of trench warfare set in and the effectiveness of German Minenwerfers became clear it was decided that trench mortars of various sizes would be needed.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed \u2018plum pudding\u2019 or \u2018toffee apple\u2019 mortars after their projectile\u2019s characteristic shape, the 2 inch Medium Mortar or 2 inch Trench Howitzer, was one of Britain\u2019s first effective light trench mortar, introduced in 1915.<\/p>\n<p>Check out our accompanying blog on the 2-Inch Trench Mortar over at: <a href=\"https:\/\/armourersbench.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/armourersbench.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you enjoyed the video please consider supporting our work via Patreon, TAB is a viewer supported, non-monetised channel and any help is very much appreciated!<br \/>\nCheck out our Patreon page here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/thearmourersbench<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Where to find TAB:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/armourersbench<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/imgur.com\/user\/ArmourersBench<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/discord.gg\/DAjRSBc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t forget to like, share and subscribe and spread the word!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British Army entered the First World War with no light mortars. As the stalemate of trench warfare set in and the effectiveness of German Minenwerfers became clear it was decided that trench mortars of various sizes would be needed. Nicknamed \u2018plum pudding\u2019 or \u2018toffee apple\u2019 mortars after their projectile\u2019s characteristic shape, the 2 inch&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/17\/tab-episode-44-ww1-2-inch-trench-mortar\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TAB Episode 44: WW1 2-Inch Trench Mortar<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[89,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content","category-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13786,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/13786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surplused.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}