While I was deployed I was attached to a unit that was artillery for a few months and the mortar guys ( me)and the artillery guys had a rivalry. We also had a marine squad that would go out and do patrols that we would do support fire four and the artillery guys got really mad when the marine said that the 120 mm mortar sounded scarier than the 155 howitzer. Lol They weren’t mad mad but you know you could tell that they didn’t like hearing that
"Hi, what's your name today?" "MY NAME'S BOB RIVER!" "Well, what do you do?" "I'M IN ARTILLERY!" "Thank you Bob, is there anything we can play for you?" "ANYTHING! JUST PLAY IT LOUD!"
I always watched those war movies where mortars would go BLOOP. BLOOP. When I went to army officers training, they were loud. BANG. Then RING as the tube rang. It was cool to actually see the round go off I to the sky though.
There are 2 different firing pins on a 120mm mortar. One is a stiff pin, which activates the round as soon as it hits the bottom and the other one is spring activated, so you´d have to pull "the trigger" for it to pop up and puncture the round. I´m a squad leader of a 120mm mortar team in the Estonian military :) The rounds we use are from Israel and weigh about 14kgs or about 30lbs
All of those commands shouted and the intense training essential when dealing with these deadly ordinances. Firstly, you want to minimize the chance for accidents. Secondly you want to zero in on the bad guys before they can get YOU!
Pretty cool to see thank yall for yalls service past present and future. I always thought the tail fins on the mortar were there to help stabilize the mortar during its trajectory path. Which that's not the case. You can see it get jettison during its exit of the tube. Pretty cool learn something new every day.
Did they change how we do motors or something because I’ve never seen a 120 on artillery wheels like that or with a trigger in lanyard like they were using? Then again my unit was light infantry and we carried the 60 with us on missions and just kept the 120 on the fob For incoming attacks
I'm seeing two different types of ammunition. One seems separate into a standard shaped artillery shell and a piece whose function seems to be to hold the propellant. The propellant holder has three protrusions that look like fins, but I think they serve to center the round in the barrel. Since the actual projectile has no fins it must be spin stabilized, so this must have a rifled barrel. The other round does have fins, doesn't separate, and is more aerodynamic overall. Are these the same barrel?
Seems like a rifled Mortar. Shell could be MKE Mod 209 for 120 mm mortars. There is no traditional fin, instead the bottom piece only holds ignition cartridge and propellant rings and is ejected separately after ignition (because of the rifling there is no need for fin stabilisation, it would even crate more drag). After firing the shell looks more like out of an howitzer. You can see those rifled shells in the beginning of the vid
Im watching this and i have osteoporosis(my bones break easily) and Adrenal Insufficiency illeness(cant tolerate physical stress). Watching this makes me wonder how long I would survive in a WWIII Canadian conscription.😅😅😅😅😅😅I had a pressure drop when watching a modified tractor drag... If the sound is similiare, that mortar thing is a no go for me.
We had a 4.2" mortar in the old days; we called it the "four deuce." I have no idea what a 120 mm mortar is. It's even fired by a lanyard. Odd to my eyes.
What is the point of aiming, loading by moving the mortar, and firing without first checking your aim? Yes, yes, I know that the mortar hits areas, of course, which will be larger the less the shot is bad aimed. Some clumsy, that's what these Frenchys are. Greetins fm Spain.
Good job.
Always looking for war ... look at your country ,.. karma
Si vis pacem, para bellum
Always looking for WAR means preventing it.. running from WAR makes you the inevitable victim. READ Sun Tzu's Art of War . or read something FFS!
You sound like you're jealous of America.
gonna have to agree with @cut here.... where are you from again? I'll wait this is gonna be good.
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Being an old artillery guy, I like when things go boom.
While I was deployed I was attached to a unit that was artillery for a few months and the mortar guys ( me)and the artillery guys had a rivalry. We also had a marine squad that would go out and do patrols that we would do support fire four and the artillery guys got really mad when the marine said that the 120 mm mortar sounded scarier than the 155 howitzer. Lol They weren’t mad mad but you know you could tell that they didn’t like hearing that
BOOM! BOOM! ARTILLERRRRY
"Hi, what's your name today?"
"MY NAME'S BOB RIVER!"
"Well, what do you do?"
"I'M IN ARTILLERY!"
"Thank you Bob, is there anything we can play for you?"
"ANYTHING! JUST PLAY IT LOUD!"
Now that’s a cool boomstick
New munitions are rifled and 4x as accurate..hurrah!,
People don't realize, mortars are f***ing LOUD.
I always watched those war movies where mortars would go BLOOP. BLOOP. When I went to army officers training, they were loud. BANG. Then RING as the tube rang. It was cool to actually see the round go off I to the sky though.
I never get tired of that metal clank upon firing. 🤤
Wow my whole time in the army I didn't know we had 120mm Mortar😮
Infantry know
Hell yeah 🇺🇸
war weapons very beautiful and shining look very costly as well but they bring no good but only destruction that all 😭
I learned something here. I thought all mortars fired when the round hit bottom. No so, at least not with the 120.
I’m absolutely clueless as to why, but I’ll make a guess and say it’s because the round is too heavy.
@@renascence239 Not a bad guess. I don't know how much a 120mm mortar round weighs.
There are 2 different firing pins on a 120mm mortar. One is a stiff pin, which activates the round as soon as it hits the bottom and the other one is spring activated, so you´d have to pull "the trigger" for it to pop up and puncture the round. I´m a squad leader of a 120mm mortar team in the Estonian military :) The rounds we use are from Israel and weigh about 14kgs or about 30lbs
@@veiberg963 Wow whats the kill zone. Like 50 feet
@@raynelsamuels3961 Wikipedia says 225'.
All of those commands shouted and the intense training essential when dealing with these deadly ordinances. Firstly, you want to minimize the chance for accidents. Secondly you want to zero in on the bad guys before they can get YOU!
Pretty cool to see thank yall for yalls service past present and future. I always thought the tail fins on the mortar were there to help stabilize the mortar during its trajectory path. Which that's not the case. You can see it get jettison during its exit of the tube. Pretty cool learn something new every day.
Makes me wonder what the unsafe zone is in front of the mortar.
I'd want a hollow one filled with parachute army men just for a goof.
Any videos from the mortar round in flight? It seems feasible to install a camera.
Your hearing loss is not service related….
Former mortar loader here, 60 and 81mm, not 120. And yeah, mortars are loud...very loud
Am I wrong or is this high tech stuff still set off with a bit of string 😅
Can I get one to take out my neighbor's lawn mower at 7 am on saturday morning? Seriously? can't wait until at least 10 am UGH !
Has he stopped with it?
why a smooth bore compared to the M30 rifled bore?
AMERICA!!!✊️🇺🇲
INDIAN ARMY 👍🇮🇳
Did they change how we do motors or something because I’ve never seen a 120 on artillery wheels like that or with a trigger in lanyard like they were using? Then again my unit was light infantry and we carried the 60 with us on missions and just kept the 120 on the fob For incoming attacks
I'm seeing two different types of ammunition. One seems separate into a standard shaped artillery shell and a piece whose function seems to be to hold the propellant. The propellant holder has three protrusions that look like fins, but I think they serve to center the round in the barrel. Since the actual projectile has no fins it must be spin stabilized, so this must have a rifled barrel. The other round does have fins, doesn't separate, and is more aerodynamic overall. Are these the same barrel?
Been there done that.
On the 120mm it looks like 2 separate pieces are coming out a 1/2 sec or so apart
Seems like a rifled Mortar. Shell could be MKE Mod 209 for 120 mm mortars. There is no traditional fin, instead the bottom piece only holds ignition cartridge and propellant rings and is ejected separately after ignition (because of the rifling there is no need for fin stabilisation, it would even crate more drag). After firing the shell looks more like out of an howitzer.
You can see those rifled shells in the beginning of the vid
Yeah noticed that as well. Always thought it was for stabilizing the mortar. Thanks for the info
@10:55 what is attached at the bottom of the tube above the baseplate? Curious minds want to know. Semper Fi.
Stalin mortared The Axis from Bolton Road in Small Heath.
Im watching this and i have osteoporosis(my bones break easily) and Adrenal Insufficiency illeness(cant tolerate physical stress). Watching this makes me wonder how long I would survive in a WWIII Canadian conscription.😅😅😅😅😅😅I had a pressure drop when watching a modified tractor drag... If the sound is similiare, that mortar thing is a no go for me.
Imagine if that crew on the ground were Boston dynamic robots.
Why is the ammo stored so far from the tube? That must affect the rate of fire massively!
SO BIG😄
We had a 4.2" mortar in the old days; we called it the "four deuce." I have no idea what a 120 mm mortar is. It's even fired by a lanyard. Odd to my eyes.
A 120mm mortar is a 4.72" caliber mortar.
Not sure 1:52 is OSHA approved ;-)
Halo drone. Vs open-top vehicle😂
I've never seen one impact.
Is this a Nimbus 2000?
probably even more lethal rounds exist in Russia like thermobaric rounds
Expert, huh?
@@mikebeard8505 no gains in wars.tit for tat in destruction
Training video.
what is the minimum distance the 120mm mortar must be behind troops so it can support them?
6:48 did he spinn the round for more accuracy
No impact shots. 👎
So the tail comes off in flight ?
rifled Mortar round. Tailpiece is finless and separates after ingnition -> less drag and not needed for stabilisation as rifling creates twist.
Mortar from hell,lol.
This is practically a abrams turret lol
I came here just to understand how these weapons work
Those shells look complicated to manufacture. You could churn through a million dollars in no time.
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Fire 🔥
May I ask why they just duck down and not cover their ears?
Why have 120mm mortars and 105mm artillery?
Mortars mostly have a different trajectory than 105 type. Its for different purposes. The Mortar can drop into tighter places.
Und warum muss ihr von Apganixtan weggehen..??
Ein gutes Ziel für Lenkwaffen, wenn die Rohre der Mörser in Betrieb heiß sind.
AMERICA
goodbye civilians
Kažkam. Atskrido
What is the point of aiming, loading by moving the mortar, and firing without first checking your aim? Yes, yes, I know that the mortar hits areas, of course, which will be larger the less the shot is bad aimed. Some clumsy, that's what these Frenchys are. Greetins fm Spain.
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Get these to Ukraine NOW!
im sure they have them
So sad, so sick
Minosvaidi. Ugnis. Ply
Hell yeah 🇺🇸