by John Reed on April 29, 2011
Want to see a mortar being born? DT’s video guru Glenn Anderson took a trip out to MaTech’s Salisbury, MD plant and shot this great footage of mortar rounds being built from scratch using grandma’s secret recipe. Enjoy.
April 29th, 2011 | Ammo and Munitions, Video Lounge | 125819 Commentshttp%3A%2F%2Fdefensetech.org%2F2011%2F04%2F29%2Fdt-exclusive-video-how-mortars-are-made%2FDT+Video%3A+How+Mortar+Rounds+are+Made2011-04-29+17%3A03%3A55John+Reedhttp%3A%2F%2Fdefensetech.org%2F%3Fp%3D12581
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A mortar is the gun tube, baseplate, bipod and sight…and/or the 11 charlie trained to operate the weapon.
A mortar round is the thing the assistant gunner loads in the tube aka hangs, and drops on command from the gunner.
(side note…read the story of the guy who fired 120mm rounds at taliban sans bipod. defines hooah in my book.)
"read the story of the guy who fired 120mm rounds at taliban sans bipod. defines hooah in my book."
Link?
And here I thought they only made horrible steak in Salisbury.
about midway through the story – they get hit by a 107mm rocket, which takes out the support legs.. so he just put the mortar on his shoulder and kept firing! http://www.americanvalor.net/heroes/588
I can't imagine how he fires the 120mm mortar, that thing has a recoil of several hundred kilos.
From the brief details I see here, he only supported the tube with his shoulder. He didn't fire it from his hip and absorb the recoil with his body. I've seen videos of Serbs firing recoilless rifles sans tripod, from the shoulder. Of course, they were RECOILLESS rifles.
go info for EVERYBODY….Right?
Man, where's the rest of the round? All I see is tail fins.
Pork at it's finest… That thing should be drop forged and lathed, full stop. it's a crazy wastefull and expensive process for a simple part.