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| Afghanistan |
| Combat Outpost Zerok Gets Attacked |
| 2009-07-13 |
| July 09, 2009 Footage of COP Zerok being attacked with rockets and mortors. Soldiers return fire with indirect and direct fire weapons. Provided by Combined Joint Task Force - 82 PAO. |
| Posted by:GolfBravoUSMC |
| #5 That .50 sure jammed a lot, or are all rounds NOT firing? I counted 6 times he worked the charging handle in only one minute. That .50 needed to be headspaced and timed. badly. They were having problems with the Mk. 19 as well, but I dont know that system well enough to diagnose it. There is a base defense NCOIC there that needs a talking to. maybe the OIC as well. |
| Posted by: N guard 2009-07-13 22:01 |
| #4 That .50 sure jammed a lot, or are all rounds NOT firing? I counted 6 times he worked the charging handle in only one minute. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2009-07-13 20:52 |
| #3 They do have "Smart Rounds" for mortors, but are very rarely used. Mostly, mortors are indirect fire weapons that are designed to cover an area with exposives in a very short period of time. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2009-07-13 16:07 |
| #2 It might sound odd to you military folks but why aren't the mortars computer controlled? And when the computer breaks and the motors stop working? Sometimes the old ways are the best. The sound of that MA-2 cycling gave me wood! |
| Posted by: Injun Grinesing9686 2009-07-13 15:16 |
| #1 It might sound odd to you military folks but why aren't the mortars computer controlled? Just 2 electric window motors would be enough, and all you'd have to do it just plug in the laptop and click where on the map you'd like to hit and it could do the rest. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2009-07-13 15:03 |