Some make you chuckle but others are really on the edge of wiping the Mortar Team out:
Best of Mortar Fail Compilation 2017 (New) - YouTube
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Some make you chuckle but others are really on the edge of wiping the Mortar Team out:
Best of Mortar Fail Compilation 2017 (New) - YouTube
The russian guy showed the reason for an obturating ring, something they failed to reproduce on their home made bombs... Those 4.2" mortars are just a monster aren't they? Any of those where there's fire around, and you think of the increment pile you always had on hand... Remember how fiercely they burn after the shoot? How would you like to have that inside your track with you?
My favorite mortar failure care of the terrorists...
Terrorist Blows Himself up with Mortar - YouTube
Cinders,
That was a drone strike look carefully, its not a round exploding the timing is out
Ah! well its good viewing of what they deserve.
Gil's Video,
@ 2:00 in...
What went wrong ?
A Dud ?
Don't know much about mortars........ As if I need to mention that.
I'm thinking it was burning increment fragments down the tube, caught the ignition set on fire.Quote:
Originally Posted by painter777
Thank You Jim,
With continued use, I could only imagine how hot they get.
VR
Charlie
Yes but if a fragment comes loose or a wet barrel, wet ammo...infinite possibilities... It's like throwing powder up in the air and lighting it. Well, you saw...Quote:
Originally Posted by painter777
£ for pound, they're the most cost effective killing machines there are I'd say. Once the mortar teams are gelled together they're a superb example of co-ordination. Very few words except the fire control orders and........ good night nurse!
We all used to call the little 2" or 51mm mortars with HE section artillery
At Northam Army Camp in 1970 in the cadets we watched a firepower demo they had a 3" mortar crew set up and I gather using full charges as they got 10 in the air and had finished before the first bomb hit they were not resetting after each bomb just volume fire you could follow them till they went into the clouds as they were fairly low that day it was quite impressive a good solid boom as well.
At the camp when we first got there and de-trucked we were all in a hall sat quietly listening to the OC of the camp about the Rules & Regs whilst there when the b*rstards chucked in a hand grenade simulator and this chap in shredded JG's came screaming in with what I gather was fake blood or ketchup all over him and as a 13 y/o it scared the cr*p out of me, the regulars just cracked up laughing but our whole unit was all white faced and scared as hell.
Must admit Peter, when they finally put the white draw line down the 2" mortar tube, I was quite good at dropping them where they were needed. Loved it as an effective weapon, downside, you needed a pack mule to carry enough HE to make it worth it, especially as Airborne troops!!
Sounds about right. That way at max elevation on a rapid shoot...and a good #2 doing it 10 rds could be imagined.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
It was nice to be a skilled tech within the battalion of so many clods... Guys would say "Oh, the mortar, I've fired the mortar"... Not this one you haven't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
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Originally Posted by Peter Laidler
They made an excellent 100 or 200 yd grenade for supporting an assault group. Better than the M72 as they had more smack and frag. Yes, limited by ammunition weight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gil Boyd