US soldiers preparing to fire an M224 60mm mortar system. Credit: SSG Christopher McCullough. Rheinmetall has secured a contract to supply a variety of 60mm mortar ammunition to an unnamed ...

Türkiye's HAVELSAN has demonstrated a coordinated maritime and aerial operation in which a USV-12 unmanned surface vessel autonomously deployed an armed SAGAN drone to engage a designated target with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Herman Smetanin. Photo: Ukrainian Defense Industry Сompanies of the Ukrainian Defence Industry concern are gradually moving to ...

FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Day two of the three-day inaugural Best Mortar Competition here, Sunday, included live-fire of the 60mm mortar. Sgt. 1st Class Jason Smail, a range safety officer, explained the ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --Medico Industries has been awarded a $191 million contract by the U.S. Army to manufacture and deliver 60mm and 81mm high fragmentation and non-high fragmentation mortar shell bodies.

ARLINGTON, Va.—The handheld mortar has long been a staple for the U.S. Marine Corps, and yesterday the weapon got a major boost as combat instructors at Marine Corps Base Quantico successfully ...

Mortars aren’t glamorous. They don’t have the thunder of heavy artillery or the high-tech appeal of an F-35. But when a rifle squad is pinned down and taking effective fire, mortars are the most ...

Using a 50-kW high-energy laser weapon, a US Army Stryker combat vehicle acquired, tracked, targeted, and defeated multiple 60-mm mortar rounds and other threats during four weeks of live-fire ...

“This is a 60-millimeter mortar shell. Such [mortars] are produced in NATO countries, including Croatia and Macedonia. According to Soviet nomenclature, there was no such caliber of shells.” On ...

October 8, 2022: The U.S. Army has been using Israeli and British technology to improve its mortars. The M224A1 60mm mortar has been steadily improved since 1978. It weighs 17kg (37.5 pounds) and has ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. CAMP PENDLETON, California — US Marine Corps 60 mm mortar teams can drop explosive rounds on their enemies from over ...