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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
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.
“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 ...