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  • ARTILLERY: Rules of Engagement Protect Iraqi Mortars

    11/26/2003 4:14:38 AM PST · by Cannoneer No. 4 · 63 replies · 557+ views
    StrategyPage.com ^ | November 26, 2003
    November 26, 2003: The armed opposition in Iraq are taking advantage of speed and rules of engagement to defeat America's high tech weapons. Several teams of Iraqis are moving around near coalition bases at night and firing a few mortar shells, then slinking away and hiding their mortar and ammunition. The weapon used is usually a Russian made 82mm mortar. This weapon weighs about 80 pounds, but can be broken down into three pieces (the heaviest weighing 29 pounds, the lightest 22). Each 82mm mortar shell weighs about seven pounds (and contains about 14 ounces of explosives). The mortar has...
  • Radar systems help GIs return fire

    11/24/2003 11:27:57 AM PST · by demlosers · 34 replies · 475+ views
    The Stars and Stripes ^ | Sunday, November 23, 2003 | Franklin Fischer
    BAGHDAD, Iraq — On a cool Wednesday night in Baghdad, with the stars bright overhead, Pfc. Ernie Ritacca sits in his mobile radar van, the door open, waiting for signs of “The Mad Mortarman.” Ritacca, 19, of Bullhead, Ariz., is with the 1st Armored Division’s Battery D, 1st Battalion, 94th Field Artillery Regiment. His van and a few other vehicles are tucked behind an earthen embankment near the flightline of Baghdad International Airport. “The Mad Mortarman” is the nickname some in his unit use for the faceless Iraqi insurgents who have been keeping a steady routine of hit-and-run attacks on...