trenches, bunkers and bomb proofs are pretty good shelter from mortars, though they require time to construct

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Their worst nightmare is an incurable case of crabs and finding out that they got the barracks bunny who works at the local strip joint pregnant

Not to mention some of the more skilled crews are accurate to a meter

@joseph craven true, but I read somewhere that being in a trench reduces your odds from dying from indirect fire by a factor of 10, compared to being out in the open

Pretty much same with any weapon

would you care for a JAW BREAKER?

I mean, spears go back thousands of years and we still use them as bayonets on guns

@@jager4508 Imo spears in one form or another will never be obsolete as long there is close combat.

Ever since someone figured out that you could fire a cannonball out of a upsized mortar (pot) using black-powder.

A German in Vietnam?

A German person/soldier that fought in Vietnam?

@@nicklibby3784 During the cold war the US had over 250 military bases in Germany. Even now there's still more than 40 left.

In Nam in68, That skill might be an advantage. In FRG ,I would not allow it.

My platoon Sgt in 1987 was a mortarman at Khe San in Vietnam. Said he put 3000 rounds thru his tube that month. He insisted that we know all job duties cause he ended up platoon Sgt as a LCPL (E3)

cant think of a better way to spend it tbh

Me as well. Sand Hilton 1982. Was 11 C. 60mm, 81mm, then 4 deuce.

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I spent my early through late 20s doing the same. After I went to IMLC, all I ever did was FDC, though. Few of us knew FDC and even fewer had attended IMLC. Basic gunnery for me was like asking a surgeon to dissect a frog.

@@weiren1252 you'll get there someday...

👂WHAT!!???👂

😂😂pretty much. I did it for 4 years and I'm half deaf. Lol

I wore my ear plugs. 0341 and 11C. Marines and Missouri Army National Guard

Pretty much

Gotta tighten your ears like your backside lol

Jake Doug it can be as small as 3. Gunner, A - Gunner, and Ammo man.

A gun team for a mortar is 4 guys normally. A gunner (who does not shoot but makes sure the gun is aimed correctly) An assistant gunner, who fires the rounds. an ammo bearer who is prepping the mortars (charge and fuse). and one extra person who is doing whatever needs doin. Bringing up more ammo, relaying information, adjusting sight poles, or sleeping in the vehicle. A mortar can easily be operated with as few as 2 guys but they will not be able to shoot as quickly. The main need for 4 people is the man power needed to carry the ammo and equipment for the mortar if the infantry/mortarmen are on foot over longer distances.

@Jake Doug

Usually a gunner, AG, and the ammo bearer. If you are mech, then you can get by on 2.

Wait would there be 2 ammo loads 1 aimer 1 noter and 1 fireman

Marine attached to Seabees right? Or were you a Seabee that learned how to fire a mortar? I’ve worked with Seabees and they were hard workers and their combat load was old even by Marine Corps standards.

@@smokeyxdaxbear97 No to both questions. I was a Fleet rated Sailor assigned (I incorrectly said attached) to a Seabee battalion that had more than one 81mm mortar team.

I'd rather dig it out then to have to hump that mofo! LOL!

YES

I think they fired blanks or nonexplosive rounds

mashete no those were HE

no i wish they would put a hi speed cam pointed directly up sky so we could see the round track thru the air, (nobody's thinking like me, i don't get it)

@@johndoughenbro7719... Beautiful idea. I'm surprised discovery or science channel hasn't sponsored that. And my impact idea 💡💡💡

But does it sound like victory?

@@corneilusmcgillicuddy The sound of tinnitus

I was in the 24th ID in Desert Sabre(ground war Feb 24th- 28th) and during a pause in our movement we were parked next to SEVEN(!) M109's. I will never forget exiting my 113(command track) and looking at these beasts with their barrels pointed skyward and then all of a sudden WHUMP! The closest one to me fired, and then the next in line and so on until the last in line(#7) and then it was a free for all until all of them fired at will until a crescendo when every single one fired in unison...freaking AWESOME and TERIFYING at the same time!! All I kept thinking was whatever poor Iraqi soldiers are on the receiving end of this insane barrage are hating life right about now, and trying to preserve it as well.

@@corneilusmcgillicuddy see my reply above, and yes, I was in the "Victory" division, and yes it ABSOLUTELY sounded like victory, and finally - it WAS! 🫡✌️

Not without radar, but yes. Vehicle mounted is always better.

Says the legs.

@@rapid13 vehicles make hip shoots a breeze, and displacements easy, but they can also limit where the mortars can effectively engage from.

@@brockwommack1944 Well, we can’t shoot from places like a ground mounted 60 can get to, sure. But I can tell you that my 4-Deuce had no problems engaging anything from 800 to 6840 from anyplace I could park my 106.

Guess you havent been in the Army to know these suckers are mounted inside a M113 and they drive around shooting them

Probs going deaf

@@futuretrunks3158 yeah going deaf while wearing headphones

You'll have to swab the bore after every 9 rounds.

it would be crazy hot as that guy before sayed.. jot steel is qeak steel

I only saw that once, during Desert Shield. The Saudi recruits had the old Vietnam-era mortar, and only two of the guys in my platoon -- me and one other -- had really used that very much, so we were detailed to give them a short intro. After some instruction, they lined up and each dropped a round, like 30 of them. And most of them ran like hell as soon as they let go. Apparently the sound was a little muted on this video, because an 81mm mortar is a cannon, and it will ring your bell when you're next to it. Don't forget your earplugs.

😂

by being noisy yourself

@@neurofiedyamato8763 no he meant to blow them right?

Mortars are noisy that's what I meant.

@@neurofiedyamato8763 ah

Saw it at 7:32 as well. Hand hanging over the tube after he hung it. Would have kicked him off the range right then and there. WTF? Try that shit with the 4 deuce. What a newbie mistake.

dirty7red42 I know that doing what you said is very dangerous for obvious reasons, but I think the guy was actually operating according procedure... what I think happened is the angle of the camera, that was zoomed in quite a bit, made it look like he left his hand over the tube...

That was a south korean soldier lol . Not ours guys , calm down lol

There are several channels on youtube that show "soldiers" in boot camp. One couldn't figure out why his rifle wouldn't fire until the trainers tapped him on the back and said "you've used all your bullets". Several times. He didn't understand. Probably thinking "but I pressed R to reload!!!" Guy finally reloaded and couldn't fire again. His magazine was upside down. Took it out and put it in backwards....If this guy is defending your country, leave.

HAdrian builtawall just america things

Yah, but you can touch your toes with your back aching now and run faster.

Thats whats called CLP we use that to clean our weapons as lubrication protectant etc, as an 0341 Mortarman myself with the Marines i fucking love my job blowing Shìt up. Not to mention I’m in 81s platoon so shit is pretty bad ass.

@@qamyahsharalha2630 this made me jealous

Yes: 13B Cannoneer in the mid-80s. Higher rate of fire a mortar us. I am glad commenters told this was an 82mm: I Googled WWII 60mm. Part of creeping barrage: my bigger brother 8-inchers kill radius 50 meters casualty 100 meters, then us 155mm, 35 meter kill radius 70 meter casualty radius, the the 120mm mortar which kinda replaced the 105mm howitzer after Viet Nam, the you 82mm guys. As attacking USA troops get closer to the target, roll off the higher caliber howitzers and enters the mortars. On thing that bothers me about D-Day in Omaha Beach us that seemed to be any fire support for smoke and such. Could not ships drill a hole with a 16" she'll in to the pill boxes?

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That’s just an army thing they don’t brace bipods

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Why the F not??

well if it slides down from the slightest ground tremor(maybe nearby vehicles) then you probably face a fate worse than death.

They’re marines so it’s expected of them

Holy... Yes, I'd find a new storage place for that grenade if you put one into a barrel like that!

In my country I probably already be in the Detention barracks for doing that

BigStonks stronk

AutisticSwedishGuy Stonks are stronk

had one in the impact zone of our mortar live fire exercise at TBS

Oh, Benning...

Tree of wow anyone?

@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 - A-7-1, Sand Hilton 1982 OSUT. 11C. Was a long time ago. Sand Hill was nice though compared to Harmony Church. They were still training in Harmony Church when I go there. Glad I was at SH.

#18thAirCorp

@@dirty7red42 Hello Brother A-7-1 1981 Remember the Mortar Square? Day and Night! Eat SHIT and Sleep with it. M29A1. Yes it was a long time ago. I miss it

what does fire effects mean ? does it mean they fire rapidly so target catch fire

baba yaga fire for effect literally means to go ahead and fire the mortar.

why not?

Test ur luck

It's basically trillions of dollars a state-of-the-art military equipment they killed three people on the side of the Hill versus three people killing entire platoons of highly trained Soldiers with a tube.

That said 5.56 is no joke

Jumping out of a perfectly good airplane is perfect evidence that "Airborne-types" should be locked up in the Mental Health Ward. While detained in the Nut Farm, may I solicit you for service in the Field Artillery, or have they sufficiently brain-washed you at this point?

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Ash Williams LOL, nice one.

No I think its a .223

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Depends on travel time, typically anywhere from 20-40 seconds or so from drop to impact. So figuring you could drop 15 in 20 sec x2 guns anywhere from 30 to 60 or so rounds. Now remember, a USMC mortar 81's platoon consists of 8 guns so a platoon could drop 120-240ish rounds before first impact.

No such thing

@@drakejanecka750 You need to do a lot more research, or look up, and stop letting cognitive dissidence get in the way OF WHAT THE ENGINEERING FIRMS DOING IT HAVE ALL SAID PUBLICALLY IN THE AVAILABLE PRESS CONFERENCES, YOU COMPLETE JACKASS!!!!

Tube. It's called a tube.

@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 - Spot on. 11C 82-92.

@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 I was talking about Mr_Kamikaze saying "barrel/chamber/cannon whatever it would be called"

@US ARMY VET 11B 96-14 So you're telling the the long skinny thing they drop the mortar down is the base plate? I'm skeptical that's true...

And bombing Pákistán in the samé time you fool

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Fort Sill...

Still the same know

Charlton Kekston I saw a 40 year old make it

@@fattony5331 I had my time. And while I certainly would not want to roll back the time and undo it, it's a thing of the past. But I do think everyone should at the very least try to spend some time in the military, it's a good place to be. You learn a lot. You meet a lot of people from a very different background and you get to see the world through different eyes for a change. Yes, you also meet a lot of assholes, but at the very least you eventually learn why people become assholes.

Mortar is more primal. It doesn't get any more "primitive" and raw than this in a modern army when it comes to high precise area effect. Sure, there's quite a bit of precision aiming stuff attached, but in the end, it's still just a barrel with a trigger bolt, nothing fancy. It's just you, some sights and a barrel. No complicated locks, no high tech aiming apparatus, no IR, no radar, no computers. Just raw, pure, undiluted physics.

@@0x777 IT'S GREAT

Joshmaen yes my back hurts after wearing that body armor xD

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Will they ever make them automatic😀

@@benyamingines9846 They did. And made them bigger. Fully automatic, and 120mm. For those times when you want to vaporize a target, but can't use air-dropped ordnance, the aptly named "Dragon Fire" is your weapon of choice. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Fire_(mortar)