Ratel Mortar
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The Ratel Mortar is a South African self-propelled mortar system variant of the Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, designed to provide mobile indirect fire support.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Ratel Mortar canonical | 1 |
| Ratel ZT3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T17635136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ratel Mortar Context triple: [Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, armamentVariant, Ratel Mortar]
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A.
M224 60mm mortar
The M224 60mm mortar is a lightweight, man-portable indirect fire weapon system used by U.S. infantry units to provide close-range high-angle fire support.
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B.
Recoilless rifle
A recoilless rifle is a lightweight artillery weapon that fires shells with minimal recoil, allowing infantry to deliver powerful anti-armor and support fire from portable or vehicle-mounted platforms.
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C.
M135 demolition gun
The M135 demolition gun is a short-barreled, large-caliber weapon designed for close-range obstacle and fortification destruction, notably mounted on the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle.
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D.
M2 60mm mortar
The M2 60mm mortar is a World War II–era light infantry mortar used extensively by U.S. forces before being superseded by more modern designs.
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E.
Shrapnel
Shrapnel is a military science fiction comic and graphic novel series set in a future interplanetary war where a former officer leads a rebellion against a powerful solar alliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ratel Mortar Target entity description: The Ratel Mortar is a South African self-propelled mortar system variant of the Ratel infantry fighting vehicle, designed to provide mobile indirect fire support.
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A.
M224 60mm mortar
The M224 60mm mortar is a lightweight, man-portable indirect fire weapon system used by U.S. infantry units to provide close-range high-angle fire support.
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B.
Recoilless rifle
A recoilless rifle is a lightweight artillery weapon that fires shells with minimal recoil, allowing infantry to deliver powerful anti-armor and support fire from portable or vehicle-mounted platforms.
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C.
M135 demolition gun
The M135 demolition gun is a short-barreled, large-caliber weapon designed for close-range obstacle and fortification destruction, notably mounted on the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle.
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D.
M2 60mm mortar
The M2 60mm mortar is a World War II–era light infantry mortar used extensively by U.S. forces before being superseded by more modern designs.
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E.
Shrapnel
Shrapnel is a military science fiction comic and graphic novel series set in a future interplanetary war where a former officer leads a rebellion against a powerful solar alliance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ratel Mortar