[DCBryan1]

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.

[DCBryan1]

plunging fire.....

[Mentallo]

It is good to see old lessons remembered. From what I recall reading or hearing in a lecture the GIs in WW2 improvised that on their own - they were working stiffs form the Depression era and they improvised with the tools at hand - same with how they modified Shermans to break out of the hedgerows when engineers could not figure it out. But I digress,