міномет

Etymology
From, combining form of.

Noun

 * 1)   mortar, trench mortar lightweight, often portable artillery piece which transmits recoil to a base plate
 * 2)  rocket launcher Katyusha and similar World War II-era systems

Usage notes

 * Ukrainian has historically distinguished between and ; in English, both types of weapons are referred to as mortars. The term  has become increasingly obsolete, mainly denoting siege-artillery of the XVth-XIXth centuries.