1856 i. iii. 44 This Society,..has sought to assist in the establishing of life-boats and rocket-mortars at all the dangerous parts of our coast.
1945 3 Nov. 7 The Screaming Meemie is a German multi-barreled rocket-mortar (so named for the sound it makes going off).
1998 R. G. Suny 313 New tanks were designed and built on the eve of the war, as well as a rocket mortar.