Definition of "mortar fire" []

• Artillery fire delivered by a mortar (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Concentric eddies of artillery and mortar fire were striking the start line of I Battalion's assault - the efforts of A Battery 1 RCHA (less one Howitzer, out of action) and two 81 mm mortar detachments of 3 RCR pummelling Russian infantry who hugged the ditches in fear as vehicles began to reverse away."
• "And when a section of the Vandoos, in an endeavour to seek out the Sagger operator, exposed themselves too flagrantly nearby, they were at once treated to a volley of machine-gun and mortar fire which left nobody in any doubt about the reception that was to be expected in that wood."
• "* The need for infantry and armoured commanders to assume direction of artillery and mortar fire in the event of a breakdown in fire support communications or through obscuration of OPs."