Wednesday, February 05, 2020

Shot, Ove

Courtesy of Strategy Page, we get this photo of soldiers firing a mortar in Afghanistan.


Soldiers from the 48th Infantry Brigade Combat Team fire their mortar system in support of operations in Laghman Province, Afghanistan March 5th, 2019
Commanders call mortars "hip-pocket artillery".  Most military formations have a mortar section assigned to the unit, a little bit of indirect fire that they can put into the fight quickly while they coordinate bigger guns.  Hooray for the mortar crews.
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2 comments:

  1. Flugelman4:18 PM

    Why thank you Sir! As a 112 in the early 60's I spent 3 years FDC'in for a Four Deuce platoon. Shiverin' my ass off at Graf and Hoenfels for live fire exercises, practicing for the defense of the Fulda gap.

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  2. Sabre228:45 AM

    January 1975 to July 78 81 MM Mortars A Co 1st Battalion 12 Infantry (Mechanized) Fort Carson Colorado. We got to do a Battalion Final protective Fire demonstration at NIGHT. We had a great view as we were just behind the firing line instead of behind a hill. Everything from M-16's all the way up to the 4.2 mortars firing as fast as possible. It was a great thing to see and a great unit to be a part of.

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