U.S. Marines Fire Mortars in Afghanistan

[hazboy911]

alot of firing thats bad

[csx7006]

Hey Tony. We had the last laugh

[humphet]

All rounds have fins...

[dblemn]

How accurate are mortars?

[N1cholas240]

@dblemn The u.s. military uses these types of large binocolucrs or something like that to get accurate info on where the target is and how to set up to mortar to hit the target. The 120mm mortar like the on in the video has large fins compared to the 60mm and 81mm mortars, So the 120mm round does not spin in flight keeping it on target. They also have sights mounted on the side of the mortar. So they are pretty accurate.

[JohnJoe18]

@dblemn Accurate, But not in this scene there firing at nothing just terrain.

[ChrisssyM]

That open deserted desert wont know whats hit it.

[xxTULANExx]

enough with the WWII "love" stories. Ya'll must be gay.

person 1: "yeah dude my grandfather was in WWII"

person 2: "cool dude....most of our grandfathers were in the same war. now shut the fuck up"

person 1:"...."

[iPaTzUK]

@xxTULANExx

Just think dude if it werent for your grandpa then you probably wouldnt be here you dumb ass mother fucker

[xxTULANExx]

@iPaTzUK what's the point in your comment cock sucker?

[Shock3r6497]

My dad was in the Marines, 1981 - 1984, and he was a mortarman. 'Cause of him I want to serve and be a mortarman in the Marines, or maybe a tank crew member.

[ImOnOne2]

@Shock3r6497

Nice my dad was also in the Marines... he was an Anti-Tanksman. I chose the Air Force though, i leave for basic training December 28th this year.

[Shock3r6497]

@ImOnOne2 My great uncle served in Vietnam. He was a medic. He got 2-3 Purple Hearts, and he died a couple years back but I inherited his gear. My older sister Cassie's in the AIr Force, too, at Little Rock AFB. She's SSGT rank. Good luck at training

[ImOnOne2]

@Shock3r6497

Thanks... my grandfather is 85 years old, he was in WWII, and Korean War.. plus in the cole mines. He's had black lung, lung cancer, i mean he fucken talks with a voice box. He was Army and AirForce... i think i was made for this shit.

[supermoto804]

When did Marines start using 120s? US Infantry only had 120s when I was in from 98-02.

[Spev142]

My recruiter was 0341 in Fallujah. What other equipment do these guys work with other than mortars?

[marinegrunt0341]

@Spev142 They work with all standard infantry equipment. Mortars are not used as much in Iraq and Afghanistan as they have in previous wars so a lot of the 0341's are integrated more into mobile assault platoons or into rifle companies. I was an 0341 I spent time on just about every machine gun we use such as the 50 cal, m240, m249, and M19. I also got to train a little with C4. We had an assaultman in my truck so we carried the javelin missile system and would use its siting system at night

[vlecka]

Those are one hell of a big mortar granades :D

[JAM8132]

@vlecka yeah 120mm then 81mm then 60mm i heard 60mm sees more shit though

[Cody3897]

OOHRAH!!!! GET SOME

[toaster1971]

Wicked. ]:P

[stryker0331]

0341....this is a whole rifle squad plus attachments trying to get in a few mortar rounds. the gunner and a gunner are right there

[csx7006]

@stryker0331

that was at Geiger wasnt it?

[stryker0331]

@csx7006 yes

[woLFpaCK03131]

hey whats the mos number for this

[monkey134578]

0341

[2sfgstonewall]

what kind of crap is that, no one holding the bipods, everyone running arond like idiots with no clear gunner or a-gunner, sad how the USMC mortars have changed in so short a time.

[coolvanillacharger]

well bc that is a 120mm....the damn thing is so fucking heavy...its not goin anywhere....and i agree about the gunner/agunner

[woLFpaCK03131]

hey do you know if mortar men are considered grunts

[codyLIKESbaseball]

@woLFpaCK03131 they are indirect fire INFANTRYMEN or grunt

[stryker0331]

geiger

[csx7006]

AKA cop 1

[ENGMARINE4L]

i built tohes COPS is that from puller Enginers of CLB-3 YUTTTT

[csx7006]

CLB didnt do jack shit for us. We had to depend on our CBT train to geto ur supplies

[toaster1971]

Awesome!

[stryker0331]

oh yeah, pause it at 17 seconds and thats me

[Xchr0meX]

man... i'd smack my a.g if he hung em like that. the 120's drop alot quick too. thats how u lose fingers!

[airbomb34]

81's from weapons company

[toaster1971]

Fuck yeah!

[ukninja17]

yea man this is gud our fellow american brothers doing a great job

[11muhammad22]

cop geiger... Jay was there.

[islandboypopo]

what fob is this at????

[ShooterInfinity]

Yeah cool pic, this is almost as cool as the howitzer teams :p

[xOMEGAxSCP]

If you pause it right at 1:39 you get a cool picture, its worth the time trying to pause it right.

[TaNkErAiken]

i did it. it is an asume picture