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Anti-Junta Fighters Use Mobile App to Aim Mortar System
Published 1 years ago
Video released by one of the Anti-Junta factions conducting guerilla operations near Mindat in the Chin State of Myanmar shows the successful employment of mortars against a military barracks.
I would love to hear from some tube-strokers down in the comments on this one. I've spent a fair amount of time sitting next to the mortar pit as a machine gunner, and have even dropped my fair share of rounds, but when it comes to aiming a mortar system I only have a rudimentary understanding of the process. From my perspective, it seems like the mortar guys always needed a complex series of aiming devices to lay their guns on target, but here we're watching these guys line the gun up with what appears to be a mobile app.
I asked Will about this, but at the moment he seems a bit busy with his other job being an EMT. I'm sure this process is far more reliant on a forward observer, but If one of you mortar nerds could hop down into the comments and explain the process for aiming a mortar tube without a sight, that would be awesome. These guys are going to naturally be slightly off target regardless when compared to traditional mortarmen using traditional aiming devices, I'm sure. Bonus points if you can provide a publication as a resource for this kind of technique.
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Josh is an American writer and former USMC machine gunner with eight years of experience in ground combat arms throughout the GWOT. He is currently based in Texas and specializes in combat footage analysis and digital marketing.Follow Josh at OfficialJoshBrooks.com