Re: Guided Mortar Rounds

From: Tarjei T. Jensen (tarjei_at_online.no)
Date: 02/20/05 

To: sci-military-moderated@moderators.isc.org
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2005 11:36:01 +0100

"nospam" wrote:
> Actually, the US Military had pretty much phased out the 60mm mortar,
> until they invaded Grenada and found once again a real need for something
> in between the 40mm grenade launcher and the 81mm mortar.

I would guess that it is not a matter of caliber, but a matter of who
controls what. I would not be surprised to find that the 81mm mortars were
controlled by the artillery. Hence they are unavailable when you need them
the most.

So one find something that the artillery people don't want with a sort of
reasonable high explosive content. Our solution to such a problem is the
84mm Carl Gustav recoilless gun.

greetings,

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