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)
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)
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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