A bipod is a V-shaped portable attachment that helps support and steady a device, usually a weapon such as a long gun or a mortar. The term comes from the Latin prefix bi- and Greek root pod, meaning "two" and "foot" respectively.
Most general-purpose machine guns, such as this FN MAG, have a bipod to increase accuracy for the full-automatic fire mode light machine gun fire support role.
Polish LM-60D 60mm mortar with an adjustable bipod, with a baseplate as the third point of support.
A Sako TRG sniper rifle on its standard factory bipod and it's monopod beneath the rifle's butt
The right bipod leg of the PK GPMG accommodates links of a cleaning rod
A mortar is today usually a simple, lightweight, man-portable, muzzle-loaded cannon, consisting of a smooth-bore metal tube fixed to a base plate with a lightweight bipod mount and a sight. Mortars are typically used as indirect fire weapons for close fire support with a variety of ammunition. Historically mortars were heavy siege artillery. Mortars launch explosive shells in high-arching ballistic trajectories.
United States Army soldiers firing an M120 mortar (round visible in smoke) during the War in Afghanistan
Engraving depicting the Venetian siege of the Acropolis of Athens, September 1687. The trajectory of the shell that hit the Parthenon, causing its explosion, is marked.
German 7.5 cm Minenwerfer
Wilfred Stokes with example of his WWI mortar and bombs
