mortar misfire

[douglaswbrendel]

I had a 4 duce mortar misfire in Graff back in 1990. E trp 2nd 11acr

Since I dropped the misfire round, running away was not an option.

Running away may be current operating procedure, but I had to stay with the tube.

Check out my last ftx movie, it has my misfire stuck round.

[CitizenJohnSmith]

Who's Miss Fire? She sounds too hot.

[Tails452]

that mortars forever alone



[QuadfishTym]

Love how looks at it like '...What just ha- OH GOD RUN".

[HangemandBangem1]

I can understand getting the hell away from it. But you gotta get the round out sometime. That's what round extractors are for.

[knight6]

is that an 81?

[knight6]

how does one deal with a misfire on a mortar?

[Awesomeo16]

@knight6 its is a process that takes way too many words for me to type on youtube, but it a misfire can be very dangerous, but i love being a mortar man

[Mcflyjuniors]

@knight6 Run like fuckin hell!

[JemmetGK]

@knight6

Wait a specified time (been 22 years, I can't remember how long to wait), couple minutes. Then Squad Leader steps up to the mortar and (I know it sounds silly) kicks the base of the mortar tube, if it still doesn't fire, then the crew steps up to it. Puts a sandbag on the ground where the mouth of the tube will come down to, unlocks it from the baseplate, tilts it forward until the shell comes to rest on the sandbag. Then shell is taken a hundred feet away for later disposal.

[knight6]

@JemmetGK o ok. thanks. did you use a 60mm or 81 or the 120 22 yrs ago?

[JemmetGK]

@knight6

4Deuce (120) at Camp Garry Owen, Korea, and 81 at Fort Cambell, Kent.

[DATNIGGA653]

LMFAO the way they just say misfire and drop everything to run lol

[ZachCA77]

There is a reason why he handed it back to the guy before he shot it hahaha

[mace085]

what uniforms are those?

[tachi203]

Firing rounds down the range......$300 USD a pop......

Doing it repeatedly insanely quick.....$3000 USD.....

The look on the man's face as he goes to load the next round and realises a mortar is about to BLOW THE FUK UP right next to him......PRICELESS AS FUK!!!!!

[CptSmokeAlot]

@tachi203 the mortar actually wouldn't blow up in the tube it has an arming mechanism that goes off once the mortar has traveled so far and than theres a misfire plug as a backup

[wcresponder]

wellll don't hold us in suspense....whaaat happens next?

[sharky0922]

so what they did after? what you suppose to do? it should go off i think,

[MoridanX]

that guy must be in training or something. lol

[tahi16]

i didnt know mortars hav sleep mode

[danijeltomicPFC]

@tahi16 hahahaha XD 

[jacobsczgmail]

You should put the next on top lol

[josejlim]

wtf?

[Musiescum]

A better video is where some muslim piece of shit misfires and doesn't fucking run. LMFAO

[Runescapemania100]

i dont get it>>>>?????

[Patchu101]

A quote from the bible of mortar crews.

Thou shalst runneth thy nuts off in case of a misfire.

[PareoNullus533]

Boom! Boom! thud......Thats good enough reason to run like hell.

[M4A108]

Never use MADE IN CHINA rounds!

[dee18f]

Aww shit!! Misfire, run boys!!!!

[TheMCC91]

In case of misfire, RUN LIKE HELL! Well, that's what I would do.

[Shred96Pwna]

lol, shotty not gettin it :D

[hifatpeople]

So theyre running cause it might explode in the barrel?

[laloric]

@hifatpeople Yes, from the looks of the video that was a hung round, it didn't impact the firing pin in the bottom of the tube because it got stuck on the way down. The potential exists for the round to detonate in the tube from heat. Although with the ammo stack so close I don't think many of them would have had to worry about it if it had gone off.

[SinerAthin]

@hifatpeople

Yep. There's a CHANCE it might explode.

And that's a good enough reason to run like hell :)

[HaloSolutions]

lol



[Marine5484]

So.....who is the unlucky bastard who has to catch the round when it comes out of the tube.

[dethklokicksbutt]

@zombiedrd nasty shit it is like the modern agent orange

[AWSOMELYRAW]

@ilikemonkeysss look closely at his fingers

[anderserlkker]

Ohhh, I wouold shit in my pants... And then run like hell!!!

[CitizenJohnSmith]

I know HE stands for High Explosive but what does WP mean?

[ilikemonkeysss]

@CitizenJohnSmith White Phosphorus.

[zombiedrd]

@CitizenJohnSmith White Phosphorous. Very nasty. Burns through clothes and flesh, even in water.

[AWSOMELYRAW]

Never push it down just let it go

[ilikemonkeysss]

@AWSOMELYRAW He didn't push it down.

[laloric]

@ilikemonkeysss is sufficient.

[laloric]

you don't push the rounds down. Their weight is sufficient.

[ilikemonkeysss]

@laloric Re-read my comment before replying.

[screamo762]

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[D5932]

considering the tape is on youtube , they survived :D

[OGMASSA]

Would it really blow up?

[shmodzilla]

@OGMASSA

On a extremely hot gun a round could cook off. Never seen it on anything although it happens. The gun would have to be insanely hot.

[nickya5]

He turns back and was like wtf????? run away!

[stickmanpwner64]

And that's what happens when you spam mortar rounds too much.

[drunkenjudgement]

"two hands, two hands" LOL

[KCJazzKeys]

awww, I thought this was Mrs Doubtfire...

[MrGunman11]

Oh nothing like a miss fire on a mortar tube to get the blood going lol

[MetalSights]

lol they put it in there, doesn't go off, they wait a second and look

That's a real "OHH SHIITTT" moment

[chargers705]

@gigabytethree You're*

[jeenyus720]

That mortar is still there to this day. No one will go near it.

[LiverpoolfcEPL]

@jeenyus720 lol you can always get a sniper and snipe the mortar from miles away kaaaboooom!

[Weibkoln]

So that's why they learn to run like hell

[Weibkoln]

welcome to

THE ARMY

[FutureMarine1417]

*casually puts mortar in* "MISFIRE!!!!" *runs*

[odarkest1]

6 Kill Streak

[mxsniper50cal]

lol ha ha ha ha run forest



[TheRealMmjjoo99]

5 kill streak. Yes mortars! Wait fuck!

[nuclearthreat545]

FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKK­KKKKKKKKK

[MrJackpontikka]

I am not sure how those fuzes work, but finnish fuzes become active when they experience the enormous acceleration when fired so they shouldnt be active when misfire occurs. But can tell you that misfire becomes a lot more interesting when it occurs with 120mm mortar. Not so easy to take that 13kg out of the tube.

[zaapa311]

@MrJackpontikka

why not?

it's the same as in the 81 m"m unattach the tube to the legs

unscrow it from the base

hold it upsidedown and carfully slide thr bomb out.

if it doesn't slide out

open the tube, and push it with the cleaning tool.

yair mottes

Israel

I.D.F motter reserve

[jewboy11505]

@zaapa311 you gotta remember...this is america. we're not as smart as Israel ;)

[CreativeOne1002]

Two hands asshole! haha, Geronimo!

[13Remedys]

@CreativeOne1002

sounds like you could lead the team m8 :) lol..

[hotrod2069ace]

moment of "ohhhh shit it fucked up bad!?!"

[tylerwalker2]

whats the procedure to check a misfire? like do they run the fuck away and wait 20 mins then go and detonate it wiht like C4 or something?

[secretpolice]

@tylerwalker2 Naw i doubt they would waste a mortar tube just like that, they probably flip the tube and let the mortar slide out and dispose it somehow

[tylerwalker2]

@secretpolice ahh yes then they prob go detonate the mortar its self lol

[redhat11]

@tylerwalker2

Everyone but the Gunner moves 50 meters behind the mortar

The Gunner kicks the tube several times with his heel, and if it fires the tube is re-laid and firing continues

If it doesn't fire, the gunner removes the sight and firing pin, then unlocks the barrel clamp, rotates the tube unlocking it from the breech plug, then they slowly raise the tube until the round slides out into the hands of the AG. The round is then inspected and put into a safe location

[tylerwalker2]

@redhat11 hmmmm thanks! always wondered what they do when a mis fire with a mortar happens

[The0861marine]

Whats up with the old style Olive Drab uniforms?

[airmanaguigui]

@The0861marine, they're probably OC's/OPFOR at JRTC in Louisiana.

[The0861marine]

@airmanaguigui Oh ok, that makes sence now.

[futabadell]

What is done to clear a misfire?

[Luflandebrigade31]

@futabadell wait some time in a distance to make sure that the shell won't go off delayed ( 1min and you should be safe), and then you have to carefully discharge the mortar. Then you have to check what went wrong, e.g. firing pin broke or the percussion cap is wet.

[militarymuseumvol]

there are different ways that mortars shells are armed. some when the fuze is activated from the initial strike inside the tube, some when the pin that rides the inside of the tube is ejected upon exit, and other ways.

[pinoybernie]

say miss fire while running fools hahaha that was scary.

[reece45]

It is a standard procedure to clear a misfire. The first immediate action is to shake the barrel and see if any founling has caused the bomb to become jammed in the barrel. The bomb is not armed until it has reached terminal velocity

[StalkersOfPripyat]

Who the hell is Miss Fire? O_o

[rphinks]

@StalkersOfPripyat a cold hearted bitch

[DOCTOROCTAGONAPUSS]

@StalkersOfPripyat id tap dat...

[shoveitupyaman]

@StalkersOfPripyat  dunno but the way they all running she must be dammm fine!!

[Arwokid]

@StalkersOfPripyat a very hot sex bomb that u need to run before she blows u up ;) ;) LOL

[wwwtotalitaerde]

@StalkersOfPripyat Thats the sister of Miss Behave.

[MajKong101]

RUN MOTHAFUCKAS!!!!!!!!!!!

[R5H4D0W]

did he pull the arming wire?

[rodec5]

so where does the mortars land ?

[kakahieu12]

*drops in*

-klunk-

"MISFIREE, RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!!!!"

[888frosting]

Some ones firing morter missles in their coldisack

[abluesoldier]

he...he it was cool

[KappaEffect]

What nationality is this? Just wondering...

[Spankydaham924]

@KappaEffect Clearly American. How is it hard to tell?

[b0n3z3z]

@KappaEffect American. 

[Ossoboy]

What is misfire?

[hypothesies1]

@Ossoboy In this case, a misfire is when the guy drops the mortar shell, and it doesnt fire, which could result in numerous bad things happening.

[tigermki]

i like that

fire

reload

fire

reload

fire reload

klunk

MISFIRE!!!!!

[2labem]

WOW...run away run away

[shmodzilla]

@stealthmummy

I fired 700 rounds out of mortars in Iraq alone before i was shot on a outer cordon mission by a sniper. I know a fuck of a lot more than you

[shmodzilla]

@stealthmummy 4 years

[shmodzilla]

@stealthmummy

You might see insurgents exploding ww2 rusted surplus mortars but you wont find 81's goin off. Again it would have to cook off after a a large fire for effect on a extremley hot gun. Wich is why you run on a misfire and wait.

[shmodzilla]

@stealthmummy

They are far from dangerous to use. The only danger is if you are on the recieving end. What would you rather do, fight a heavy attack on your positio with a m-4 or call in to the mortars and watch the rain pound the shit out of them.

Just give us a good grid and about 60 second woot

[fitzbell]

just read more comments from flatplst ......WHAT A COCK.......BIG TIME TWAT.

[fitzbell]

fattiplat you knob its WP not HE b4 you gob off about flight times make sure you get the round right b4 you make your self look a right idiot

[fattiplat]

@fitzbell okay, the HE comment was me talking to RickyboyH, he was talking about when they were doing mortars, I was just doing times with that. Ofcourse I know the round in the video is WP not HE. I was there. Idiot comment, c'mon man it was a reply to Ricky so read the one before... it was to assume if they were shooting HE at 3k... it's not about the video

[fitzbell]

fattiplat knob its WP not HE b4 you gob off about flight times make sure you get the round right b4 you make your self look a right twat

[fitzbell]

fattiplat knob its WP not HE b4 you gob off about flight times make sure you get the round right b4 you make your self look a right twat

[prosurfer2222]

"MISFIRE"

[joshdakilla13]

miss fire everybody was miss outta there they fucking took off.................

[theojer87]

could it explode in a misfire

[OblivionFreak5]

@theojer87 misfire is dangerios couse it can explode everytime ;) but still u have something to do when it does not explode u dont know if it will or not ;) understood this? ^^

[shmodzilla]

@theojer87

There is a very very remote chance if the gun is extremley hot. Again the chances are extremley low.

[Diamondviper911]

I was a Multiple Launch Rocket Sysytems crewmember for 3 years in the army and when our rockets/missiles would do that we called it a "Hangfire". Only difference is you guys can run. We are told that it is safer to stay inside the cab with a hot rocket/missile on the back until it is deemed safe by range control. Probably becasue we couldn't outrun the blast radius if it did go off. I've seen pictures of entire launchers destroyed except the cab because it blows up.

[shmodzilla]

@Diamondviper911

We do have hangfire as well. Misfire is just the immediate response. A hangfire can happen when the gun gets debri,dirty and the round never hits the pin.

[TheFlacker99]

MISFIRE!!!

[OOOdatsme]

do mortor teams operate in infantry units or do they operate in solo units?

[shmodzilla]

@OOOdatsme

Both, and mortars in the US are infantry. I cleared houses ,pulled security just as much as i fired mortars in OIF.

[andlyndav]

@shmodzilla its a month old... but thank you for your service brother

[jurgenmanfred]

smile

[originalatlasdrugged]

As it looks like training vs. combat, will the instructors intentionally slip a de-activated shell in with the rest to help teach the crew not to think but just to react (run) when there's a misfire. While I suppose it could be useful I would think that if they thought they were handling a de-activated round (after waiting) and it was an actual misfire things could get ugly. Please no hate answers - I know almost nothing about mortars or crew training and I'm just curious. Thanks.

[jimmy202500]

suck if that happened in combat :/

[xHizukax]

ahaahah run bitches! run!!

[kevinamerican]

i can only imagin

[MrGezamo]

In soviet Russia...

[esquevel7]

We had this situation happen to us 4 different times while in Iraq due to shitty old ammo given to us by the US government. The cases we opened were dated all the way back to the early 1980's. In actual combat situations, all of the "misfire procedures" were thrown out the window and we just tilted the barrel foreward and got the DUD out and then kept shooting. in 8 years in the USMC i never heard of a single misfire round ever detonating in the barrel.

[kevinamerican]

what happens if you don't clear the area?

[esquevel7]

USMC misfire procedures is that you run away 50 meters and wait a few minutes. Then the assistant gunner (the guy dropping the rounds) walks up to the weapon system and kicks the shit out of the lower portion of the tube (no, Im not joking). If that doesnt work, then you send the gunner and the ammo man to detach the barrel from the baseplate. Once it is detached, you tilt the barrel foreward until you hear the sound of the round sliding towards the front. and catch it when it slides out the top

[kevinamerican]

@esquevel7 ok thanks man you know a lot of this maybe you are a soldier.

[oddmojo]

@esquevel7 Yeah the US Army is pretty much the same thing. I forget how long you're suppose to stay away from the gun line, but we never did that anyway. The only difference is we removed the firing pin before tilting the tube. I once had like 30 misfires in 400 rounds. All of them were from the early 70's. It sucked ass.

[TriviumFan15]

@kevinamerican It's just possible someone can get injured if the mortar malfunctions and blows up inside the cannister. Misfires are really dangerous because explosives can be very unpredictable and blow up when they want to.

[FalloutRadius]

RUN FORREST! RUN!

[usernamenaw]

hahaha lmao i would like to fire some mortar but not like that hahaha

[logic8368]

wtf uniform is that?

[redhat11]

@logic8368 OG 107s

[AaronBank]

What happend after??? Shit appnes man

[0whitealex0]

whats the chance of the round exploding in the tube after not being fired?

[aarontsmall1975]

What happened after? Easy, after a wait (to lessen the risk of it just being a hangfire) #1 (aimer) removes the base of the tube from the baseplate, while #2 (guy who puts the round in the tube) moves around to the front of the tube. #1 tilts the tube in the bipod, until it is horizontal to the ground, at which point #2 is crouched in front hands cupped ready to get the round when it falls out. #1 tilts it further, round falls into #2's hands. #2 then walks slowly & carefully to dispose of it

[aarontsmall1975]

@aarontsmall1975

I have to add, as a person who has been #2 in this very situation, you'll hear a loud whistling noise as the gas in your intestines tries to force it's way through your seriously puckered sphincter. Least we weren't using WP like those boys (WP = light green, 1 yellow stripe, HE = Olive Drab, 2 yellow stripes, Illumination = long white fucker, it takes forever to fall down the tube).

Why the fuck would you run? Just sit, wait, then proceed with the drill.

[JackInTheBox58]

ya if it misfires RUN!

[je5t3r7]

RRRRRUUUUUUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!!!

[MatoVuc]

two hands! two hands!!!

[MrJeffreese]

i hate videos that show everytjhing up till the part you actually clicked it for...gay

[LVKcrew]

holly shit! hahahaha run!

[ZombieCrazy100]

whats misfired?

[pudah657]

It means the shell failed to launch and is now active in the tube, The possibility that it could explode right there is high..

[stubbostubbs]

@pudah657 WHY?? I thought the round couldnt arm till fired?

[chrisc170]

@pudah657 the possibility of the WP round exploding is just as high as it was when it was in the box it came in, sure its missing the safety pin but the fuze is still pretty safe which means it wont explode, i would still respect a soak time and not put my hand or face over the muzzle incase of a hangfire due to the fact that the primer was mostly likely struck and malfunctioned.

or the guy at 0:13 put it on lever fire (if it has it) when he did something to the tube out of camera site.

[salvoben]

fucking shit!!!!!

[rixis123123]

LOL yes miss fires are VERY bad.

When a launch mechanism is launched, it activates the explosive then launches it.

A miss fire is when something fails with the launcher, and the explosive is armed but not launched.

Which means it'll more than likely explode inside the launcher.

SO RUN FAST

[laskov93]

is a miss fire bad

[cavaliersfan08]

no what they should have done is stood there because theres a 99.9%chance it'll explode in the launcher... so no its not bad at all... duhhhhhh its bad

[AlexLangner]

sounds like kiano reefs

[FaggotsOnBoards]

aha that guy shited a brick at 17 secs aha

[MattpOlk11]

wow, he was about to put the other mortar round in too.

[cycle2deth]

*shits himself at :17*

[WHATSAINTZ]

0:17 ROFL....RUUUUNN!!!!!!!!

[goerizal]

how will they remove the unfired round from the mortar tube now?

[sillybuttons44]

They send in Ramirez

[goerizal]

you are true to your name, 'silly buttons@44 times'.

[fishdude333]

RAMIREZ GET DEFEND BURGER TOWN!

[GigaVeteran]

Does fit to the video -.-

[DudemanClide]

@sillybuttons44 He's Oscar mike!

[arroyochris]

Ramirez! Check that shit right now its going to explode!!!!

[ZombieCrazy100]

LOL

[Reality9O]

You just gotta love the 0:17 second lol...

[gladeye2]

Damn that'll wake you up

[Primeau12]

hope you all got outa their alright that would have been a bitch

[al3x440]

lets goooooo !!!, hahaha lol

[hahanotofunny]

hahaha xD misfire! and every 1 starts crappin there pants. but im not blamin any 1 i would to. lol