User:Paraphernalia/Crapouillot

The term crapouillot is used during WW1 in the french military vocabulary to refer to a trench mortar (such as the Mortier de 58 mm type 2 ) and, by extension, its ammunitions. This term literally means "little toad " (French crapaud), the word crapaud beeing used for the mortar carriage.

The gunner was called a crapouilloteur.

The name Crapouillot was taken by Jean Galtier-Boissière to create a satirical magazine in 1915.