Some make you chuckle but others are really on the edge of wiping the Mortar Team out:
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'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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?
Cinders,
That was a drone strike look carefully, its not a round exploding the timing is out
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
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...
£ 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
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