To: CatoRenasci
No question that mortars are easier to transport and quicker to fire. They're also easy to use in most ways...Mortars have significantly shorter ranges than equivalent bore diameter tube artilllery.Would those be very good reasons why the Marines would want them and not the rifled bores?
BTW, I loved the Medicine Bluffs.
19 posted on
01/16/2004 2:57:37 PM PST by
Only1choice____Freedom
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
Y'p that's probably why the marines like 'em. But, the marines have always liked mortars, they hated giving up their 60mm back in the '60s.
Commanche County ping!
22 posted on
01/16/2004 3:03:00 PM PST by
CatoRenasci
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