Wilshire to Ukraine · edit-215 days ago"This is the kind of crap the Koreans send. Only 1 shell out of 5 fires" - Russian soldiers show how they wash grease and rust off 82 mm mortar shells.imgur.comvideomessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1256arrow-down1video"This is the kind of crap the Koreans send. Only 1 shell out of 5 fires" - Russian soldiers show how they wash grease and rust off 82 mm mortar shells.imgur.comWilshire to Ukraine · edit-215 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·22 days agoJFC, that would be such a pain in the ass for them if those dud mortar rounds got stuck in the mortar tubes.
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 days agoWhat do you even do in that situation? You have to assume it can go off at any time right ?
minus-squareBob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·22 days agoAsk one of the NK guys to get it out.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·21 days agoTypically there’s a documented hang fire wait time before starting any recovery process. Though the official process and the actual process is probably pretty different, especially after multiple hang fires. Eventually they probably just see the dud, flip over the mortar to dump out the dud, throw it as far as possible, then try the next one.
JFC, that would be such a pain in the ass for them if those dud mortar rounds got stuck in the mortar tubes.
What do you even do in that situation? You have to assume it can go off at any time right ?
Ask one of the NK guys to get it out.
Typically there’s a documented hang fire wait time before starting any recovery process.
Though the official process and the actual process is probably pretty different, especially after multiple hang fires.
Eventually they probably just see the dud, flip over the mortar to dump out the dud, throw it as far as possible, then try the next one.