News

1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Doug Barksdale, a small arms repair technician, inserts a video borescope into an 81mm mortar gun tube in the Small Arms Repair Facility. The borescope allows ...
PLANO, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) – A 6-inch mortar exploded inside its launching tube, resulting in a chain reaction of other nearby mortars exploding as well, sparking fires and ending Plano's Fourth ...
Fireworks shell exploded inside mortar tube. Lauren Foley SOURCE: Lauren Foley. Updated: 10:44 PM EDT Jul 5, 2016 Editorial Standards ...
Currently, the U.S. military operates the M1064, a self-propelled mortar system, but it consists of a mortar tube inside the open chassis of an M113 armored personnel carrier, leaving the crew ...
The mortar tubes are simple metal pipes, with attached handles, badly welded to a hinged base. There presumably is a firing pin at the base of the tube. Why Russian soldiers would craft their own ...
A man has died in a tragic firework accident after a mortar shell exploded inside of a firework tube, sending shrapnel into the man's body and killing him on-site.
The mortar crew begins by setting up their equipment, which includes positioning the tube, base plate, bipod, and sight, followed by ammunition selection.