I think it was Gizmodo that reported it was rigged as a prank. Don’t know how true that is, though.
Admin (Mike)
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Huey148
somebody let their charge packs get wet…
round would not have armed at that distance…
Admin (Mike)
How do those get armed anyway? Is it from rotations when it’s spinning through the air?
Josh
Modern U.S. mortar rounds, perhaps. But, who knows what the design is of those rounds they’re using. Remember that scene in Saving Private Ryan where they strip the propellant off the mortar rounds, slam the tails against a crate, and lob them at the enemy?
Dave
Not so funny, had a ground mounted 4.2 do similar with WP on a Ft. Stewart range in ’78, round lazily arced about 30 meters…whole gun section dove behind/below cover. EOD was out within the hour…
Could be fake, but it’s funny regardless.
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I think it was Gizmodo that reported it was rigged as a prank. Don’t know how true that is, though.
Your comments were in my spam folder for some reason. Hopefully your approved now. I seem to be having that problem on blogs lately too.
somebody let their charge packs get wet…
round would not have armed at that distance…
How do those get armed anyway? Is it from rotations when it’s spinning through the air?
Modern U.S. mortar rounds, perhaps. But, who knows what the design is of those rounds they’re using. Remember that scene in Saving Private Ryan where they strip the propellant off the mortar rounds, slam the tails against a crate, and lob them at the enemy?
Not so funny, had a ground mounted 4.2 do similar with WP on a Ft. Stewart range in ’78, round lazily arced about 30 meters…whole gun section dove behind/below cover. EOD was out within the hour…
This would cause a need for a change of your pants.
Limp wristed it
:-D