Posted on Dec 21, 2017

Marine Corps Ditches Towed Mortar System in Push to Fund Modernization

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Posted 7 y ago

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Posted 7 y ago

Weight is only 18 pounds ? Sounds like a man packed system. If only the old 4.2 mortar was so light. Sounds like a misprint to me.

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LTC Jason Mackay

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The M120 120mm weighs 319 pounds. Mounted variants are lighter because there is no base plate

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Posted 7 y ago

It seemed like a great idea at the time.

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Posted 7 y ago

LTC Ivan Raiklin, Esq. thanks for the situational read/share this morning.

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