Posted on 11/08/2004 1:38:36 PM PST by Diogenesis
RE the new Iraqi troops, and their supposed failures to daye...any officer know that a unit has to be "bloodied"...it's one of the sad but necessary thruths of combat. NO matter how wekll trained, how well equipped, and how well led..until the firs shots are fired, the first men hit..you never know..also..the Iraqi NonComs haven't been tested yet...
Who takes these pictures? I hope it's not a western journalist. They just stand by and take pictures of men trying to kill our soldiers.
I wouldn't be too worried about this mortar attack. It can't be very accurate with the old MK1mod0 Hadji T&E (the dumba$$ holding the tube instead of a real aiming mechanism) to direct fire downrange. There's also the machinegunner standing there shooting from the hip with his "A" gunner holding the ammo belt at an angle that will probably jam the gun.
These idiots won't last long. Our Marines will ground them, and fast.
Yeah, you uh, yeah, I haven't a clue what you just said.
Just kickin' ass and takin' names sir ping!
Great pictures! My son is a Marine at Al Qaim.
I seem to recall a post that reporters were afraid to be embedded on our side. Guess if you are on their side you can be assured of safety.
Yoo don't fire a mortar by holding the firing tube. #1, the shots can't possibly land anywhere near their intended target. #2, after the first couple of rounds, your fingers will be seared, yes seared, to the weapon.
Thank you thank you for these photos of our heroes both US and Iraqi.
In fact, thanks for all the many incredible moments you have provided for us here on FR!
God bless the troops and the President!
No sh*t there's no aiming mechanism. That's a 60mm mortar being fired *not* from the standard baseplate with aiming device, but from the "commando" baseplate. The technique the mortar gunner is using is called a "hipshoot," in which one just kinda points the mortar in the target's general direction. The 60mm mortars don't have much range anyway, so it's reasonably accurate.
The photo's not staged.
Correct.
The japanese used a similar morter during WW2.
Airborne! Great post, Dio....missed you.
God Bless George W Bush and our Troops.
It sure is a good thing they don't know how to properly aim a mortar. Just kinda holding it in place isn't going to get much accuracy, thank goodness.
Dio!!! Thanks for the pictures! Good to see ya! Peace to you and your family!
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! :^DGood job, Dio! As always.
I want you to remember that no bas*ard ever won the war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor, dumb bas*ard die for his country. Men, all this stuff youve heard about America not wanting to fight wanting to stay out of the war - is a lot of horse dung! Americans traditionally love to fight! All REAL Americans love the sting of battle ..
And HERE is the full statement.
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Thanks Dio.
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