Humbaracı
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Humbaracı corps were bombardier and mortar troops of the Ottoman army.
== Name == Humbara (also pronounced kumbara) was derived from the Persian word hum-i pare (metal bowl or casing to store money). Due to the similarity of the shape of the projectiles, in Ottoman Turkish, it was used to name the bombshells cast from iron or bronze.
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