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Bookmark or Share- Rocket and Mortar Basics – Missile Defense Advocacy AllianceSoldiers fire a dismounted 120 MM mortar. A mortar is a a short, smoothbore gun for firing shells (technically called bombs) at high angles. Mortars can be dismounted or mounted onto a vehicle. Dismounted mortars consist of a tube, a bipod, a baseplate, and a sight.
- Mortar (weapon) - WikipediaThe AMOS (Advanced Mortar System) is an example of an even more advanced gun mortar system. It uses a 120 mm automatic twin-barrelled, breech-loaded mortar turret, which can be mounted on a variety of armoured vehicles and attack boats. A modern example of a gun-mortar is the 2B9 Vasilek. Spigot mortar A Blacker Bombard during training
- US embassy in Baghdad struck with seven mortars as attacks escalateDec 8 (Reuters) - Approximately seven mortar rounds landed in the U.S. Embassy compound in Baghdad during an attack early on Friday, a U.S. military official told Reuters, in what appeared to...
- The Army Sees Mortars as Safe. Troops Report Signs of Brain Injury.All three soldiers fired the 120-millimeter heavy mortar — a steel tube about the height of a man, used widely in training and combat, that unleashes enough explosive force to hurl a 31-pound ...
- An Anatomy of a Mortar Strike: The Report - AOAVThis ‘anatomy’ report explores mortars through the prism of a single attack, and then offers up a wider analysis of what that attack tells us about the predictable harm such a weapon might cause. By examining mortar attacks through a single case study and globally, this report aims to draw conclusions on the typical patterns of harm this ...
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