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| Know Where Your Ammo Comes From! |
| 2020-10-19 |
| [Guns America] In 1968, American troops in Vietnam reported scattered incidents where dead NVA soldiers were found with parts of their exploded rifles protruding from their skulls. Technical Intelligence attributed this to poor metallurgy and bad ammunition. The situation was a little more complicated than it appeared. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #9 I remember reading somewhere, perhaps in Ghost Soldiers, a briefing went something like, "If you have to use a knee mortar, do not fire it off of your knee!." |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2020-10-19 23:13 |
| #8 .. VC/NVA lots of times used 60mm - lighter and still a problem for US infantry, they wished for those to be issued - nice to shoot back easier |
| Posted by: Hupeng Ulusomp9431 2020-10-19 20:15 |
| #7 82mm mortars are Russian and Chinese. US uses 81mm mortars. So 81 is correct for the US. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-10-19 13:49 |
| #6 Only Mexican made ammo I have used is Aguila in my .38 Supper 1911s. I've had no problems with it. Next time I need .45 ACP I'll probably try theirs if the price is right... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-19 13:22 |
| #5 I thought this was going to be a story on Mexican and S. Korean ammo makers. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2020-10-19 12:45 |
| #4 With its high trajectory, I can see a light mortar being useful in urban environments. Especially for home defense where you could make use of pre-sighted Target Reference Points. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2020-10-19 12:02 |
| #3 oops 82 |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-19 11:54 |
| #2 81mm mortar would certainly help Antifa/BLM terrorists to pick another neighborhood. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-10-19 11:47 |
| #1 interesting read. I would quibble with the assertion a 81MM mortar has no home self-defense use. Think big :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-10-19 08:49 |