Editing Mortar

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{{Infobox main|security|
|name = Mortar
|image = TurretMortarBomb.png|Mortar
|description = "Mortar launcher. Lobs bombs over walls. Very inaccurate but long-ranged."
|type = Structure
|type2 = Security
|hp = 180
|beauty = -60
|mass base = 200
|size = 2|2
|damage = 50
|mode = Single-shot
|minrange = 30
|range = 500
|accuracy = 
|warmup = 500
|cooldown = 1680
|missRadius = 16
|burst = 1
|blastRadius = 3.5
|velocity = 41
|worktomake = 2700
|DPS = DPS
|buy = {{icon|steel|150}} + {{icon|buildingmat|100}} + {{icon|component|4}}
|sell = {{icon|steel|112}} + {{icon|buildingmat|75}} + {{icon|component|3}}
|accuracyTouch = 79
|accuracyShort = 42
|accuracyMedium = 18
|accuracyLong = 6
|marketvalue = 1500
|cover = 0.4
}}
The '''Mortar''' is a ''manned'' stationary siege defense mechanism which launches 1-round artillery [[mortar shell]]s at any enemy that enters its 500-tile firing radius but it will not fire once the enemies have reached within 30 tiles, or can be manually set a forced target. The range indicator of mortars is not its actual range, but the size of its blind spot. It will not fire shells if there is a roof above.

It has a 5.8-second warmup time, a 28-second cooldown, and an 11-tile forced miss radius. Mortars explode in a 4.9-tile radius when destroyed and deal 50 damage.

Mortars require a pawn each to load and fire shells. Their [[skills]] have no effect on accuracy and either melee or ranged can operate them. However, pawns incapable of violence will refuse to man them. Unlike drafted colonists, mortar personal do not relieve their position once the battle is over and must be manually unassigned, or they will become exhausted, starve, and potentially suffer a [[Mood|mental break]]. There is no way to increase mortar accuracy.

Loading different shells into it will produce different effects. These shells can be manually extracted from the mortar. Mortars can also be set to allow different types of shell.

{{For|additional guidance|Defense structures#Mortars}}
{{See also|Defense_tactics#Mortars}}

== Ammunition ==
Different shells can allow the mortar to serve a variety of functions.

=== High-explosive shell ===
{{:High-explosive shell}}

=== Incendiary shell ===
{{:Incendiary shell}}

=== EMP shell ===
{{:EMP shell}}

=== Antigrain warhead ===
{{:Antigrain warhead}}
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== Image Gallery ==
<gallery widths="300px" heights="300px" class="center" mode="nolines">
File:Mortar placement.png|'''Plan grid: Mortar sits between 4 tiles'''
File: Man steel mortar.png|'''Manning a mortar'''
File: Mortar set forced target.png|'''Setting a forced target'''
</gallery>

== Version history ==
In Beta 18 the three types of mortars (Incendiary, EMP and explosive) were replaced with a single type, which fires different types of shells that achieve the same effect. In addition, two new shells are added, the [[firefoam shell]] and the [[antigrain warhead]].


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