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[[Image:Mole Mortar mini.jpg|thumb|right|Mole Mortar with [[Squat]]s crew{{Fn|1a}}]]
The '''Mole Mortar''' is a support weapon used my by some [[Imperial]] forces. It is basically an inverted [[mortar]] that fires a burrowing sub-surface missile, or tunnel-torpedo, into the ground.{{Fn|1a}} The missile burrows its way toward its target, bypassing all surface hazards and defenses, emerging from the ground beneath the target. The missile is self-guided and able to track its target through solid rock.{{Cite This}}
The mole mortar is an invention of the [[Squat]] [[Engineers Guild]], and has been adopted by the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Cite this}} Actually it was developed to destroy enemy tunneling vehicles but was so succesful that now used as a short-ranged assault weapon. {{Fn|1b}} It is sometimes used to breach fortifications too strong for conventional weaponry to damage. Due to the unique way it operates, the mole mortar is able to circumvent most defences, striking from below to explode within bunkers and other structures. [[Mechanicus]] [[Skitarii]] armies favour the mole mortar as a close support weapon, allowing them to strike unexpectedly at the most heavily-armoured enemy, and allowing the Skitarii infantry to exploit the confusion sown in the enemy lines.{{Cite This}}
