The 14 cm Minenwerfer M 15 was a medium mortar used by Austria-Hungary in World War I.
It was developed by Škoda Works as an alternative to a German design from Rheinische Metallwarenfabrik/Ehrhardt[1] for which ammunition could not be procured.
It was a rigid-recoil, rifled, muzzle-loading weapon that had to be levered around to aim at new targets.
An improved version, the 14 cm M16 MW, added a central barrel ring and cutouts on the side of the carriage.
It weighed an extra 20 kilograms (44 lb), but had a maximum range of 1,080 metres (1,180 yd).