And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Manufacturer: Watervliet Arsenal Service: US Army, US Marine Corps Caliber: 81mm Range: 5,935 meters Crew: 3 The M252 81mm mortar is a crew-served, medium weight mortar which is highly accurate and provides for a greater range and lethality than the previous 81mm mortar. The M252 system consists of the M253 Cannon (tube), M177 Mortar Mount, M3A1 Baseplate, and M64A1 Sight Unit. 35 meter kill zone Indirect fire weapon , fire direction control regulated 3 mortars , forward observer defined target for destruction .
Looks like an 81 mm mortar.
ReplyDeleteUsed to laugh sitting in the shitter next to my buddy who was the mortar platoon leader.
ReplyDelete"Hang it....fire!"
Look how deeply the baseplate is burying itself. Have to adjust after every round.
ReplyDeleteThe lack of dust suggests it's already dug in (probably by being shot into place), and isn't moving much with each additional shot.
DeleteCan we say 'Hello' with panache?
ReplyDeleteInfantry artillery.
ReplyDeleteWhat is the range on that beast, and how accurate?
Manufacturer: Watervliet Arsenal
ReplyDeleteService: US Army, US Marine Corps
Caliber: 81mm
Range: 5,935 meters
Crew: 3
The M252 81mm mortar is a crew-served, medium weight mortar which is highly accurate and provides for a greater range and lethality than the previous 81mm mortar. The M252 system consists of the M253 Cannon (tube), M177 Mortar Mount, M3A1 Baseplate, and M64A1 Sight Unit.
35 meter kill zone
Indirect fire weapon , fire direction control regulated 3 mortars , forward observer defined target for destruction .
Humping the baseplate gets old real quick…….
ReplyDeleteThey only go Kaboom at the terminus.
ReplyDeleteThereabouts, that momentary flash notwithstanding, it's more just a loud THOONK!