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 ...

The mortar crew begins by setting up their equipment, which includes positioning the tube, base plate, bipod, and sight, followed by ammunition selection.

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 next explosion came from the mortar position itself. The investigation found a Marine was loading a second round into the mortar tube when a round already in the tube was detonated, shooting ...