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Mobile Mortars to Shoot and Scoot.
Mortar gunners are very aware that the modern battlefield is a dangerous place, especially where their combat activities are concerned. Thanks largely to modern mortar location radars, mortar firing positions can be discovered well before their first bombs are delivered on target. Once a mortar location is known, retaliation from the opposition will soon follow. If mortars and their operators are to survive on modern battlefields they have to acquire two major tactical assets -- mobility and protection.
Conventional mortar teams usually have to carry their weapons, fire control equipment, communications and ammunition on their backs. Their mobility, considering the weights and volumes involved, is thus limited, even with light mortars. In addition, firepower potential is restricted to the number of bombs a team can carry. Light and special forces have to accept these limitations, for...See the full content of this document
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