FWIW, the animation is wrong now, too.
Mortars are supposed to shoot shells up into the air, creating a visible arc. Not because it's cool (or that it isn't, depending on your preference) but because
that is what mortars do. Instead the shells are now coming out almost horizontally, as if from bazookas, and the arc is notably flat. The cool explosion graphic when the shell hits has disappeared also. It seems like the software has regressed.
Corne - you are not the only one in the world who uses mortars. I use them, and they are a good troop.