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To: tcrlaf

The video shows them using RPGs as improvised mortar rounds. I have never seen that before. I did read that GIs in Italy during WW2 used their .50 cal rounds as improvised mortars by shooting them upwards.


46 posted on 08/28/2014 10:10:10 AM PDT by Mentallo (Better dead than Mohammed)
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To: Mentallo

“The video shows them using RPGs as improvised mortar rounds.”

Note that they firing both HE and Anti-tank rounds with the RPG.


55 posted on 08/28/2014 10:25:04 AM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Mentallo
I did read that GIs in Italy during WW2 used their .50 cal rounds as improvised mortars by shooting them upwards.

We still do it. It is called plundging fire.


65 posted on 08/28/2014 11:16:00 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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