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.
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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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