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By: 8th July 2002 at 14:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: Mortars
The Brits developed a nice IR seeking 82mm mortar round that was intended to be used against advancing Soviet armor.
By: 8th July 2002 at 14:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Hi Mixtec
When I did my service in the SA Army we used a little Portuguese patrol mortar (60mm). Absolutely wonderfull. Light and almost nothing in the way of sophistication. A dream to shoot with.
By: 8th July 2002 at 15:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: Mortars
My fave Mortars, the German 60cm Morser Karl series of WW2!
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By: 9th July 2002 at 04:45 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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Hey Puff, Could you tell me how accurate you got with your mortor? Did you have to measure degrees and asimuth with the stand? Do you know what the insurgents used in namibia(before it was called namibia) for mortors back in the 80s? Im guessing it had to be russian, Ive heard they used it to great affect, to the point that the amoured vehicles had to take off at 50 mph to keep from being blasted.
By: 9th July 2002 at 16:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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I´ll briefly explain how the sight works. It´s so bloody simple you wont believe it!
There is no sight. The tube has a white line that runs from the base to the muzzle. The tube has, attached to it, a leather carrying strap, perhaps 2 inches wide. This strap has it´s attachment points located at the muzzle and base. The user aligns the tube with the target and estimates the range. The carrying strap has little brass plates with range in metres running it´s length.
Assume the user is right handed(I am). The users´ left hand is holding the tube near the muzzle. With the user kneeling on his right knee and his left boot in front, the strap would then run from the muzzle, down to and under the left boot and then to the base of the tube. The left boot would trap the strap at a given point indicated by the brass plate with the correct range engraved in it. From the side, the tube and carrying strap describe a triangle. The closer the target, the more verticle the tube appears. It sounds complicated perhaps, but it´s so easy that even an American could use it- or perhaps not ;). The most difficult thing is estimating the range. We shot at targets with known ranges. Often I would get to within about 4 metres of the target (close enough to make someones eyes water).
By: 10th July 2002 at 09:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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for sevesapol i fought they built something bigger.
its a beutiful model BTW
rabie :9
By: 10th July 2002 at 10:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
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>Those old fortress reducing mortars died with large stone
>fortresses.
>Very effective though.
>Didn't they use one at Sevastopol?
>Unlike airpower it could sit and pound the enemy 24 hours a
>day in any weather.
>Only good for sieges though as it wasn't mobile enough for
>anything other than a seige or trench warfare.
They did use one of them in the siege of Sevastopol, and yes they are an antiquated notion now, but one has to wonder about the so called super gun that Hussien was apparently working on. What practical use did, or would that have had?
Regards, Glenn.
By: 11th July 2002 at 04:53 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-RE: Mortars
[updated:LAST EDITED ON 11-07-02 AT 04:58 AM (GMT)]It was done Garry, infact these ballistic satalite guns were designed by the same guy who designed the hussein gun. The circuitry in the satalite shells were embedded in acrylic plastic to withstand the g-shock. The gun was designed by gun expert Gerald Bull who was killed by the isrealis for not heeding the advise to get out of the hussein gun bussiness (Maybe you saw this on discovery channel and made a subconcience connection). I personally dont think it would have worked to have multiple charges detonating in succesion simply because of all the empty space behind the charge that would cause danerous preasure variations. Im really surprised a small version of this idea was never tested before the building of the actual full size gun. Heres a link on Gerald Bull:
http://world.std.com/~jlr/doom/bull.htm
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By: mixtec - 7th July 2002 at 19:56
Ofcourse theirs tons of info on things like assault rifles and tanks out there, but I havent found much info on mortors. Id like to know what the prefered mortors that are troop carryable that have been used from post WW2 to the present. As an interesting tidbit, Ive heard the german 88mm mortor caused the greatest amount of battlefield kills than any other weapon. Im especially curious about mortors used in african wars as Ive heard even south african armoured vehicles were in danger of these.