Wilshire@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 4 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-up1258arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1255arrow-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@sopuli.xyz to Ukraine@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agomessage-square33fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareJumpingspiderman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·3 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-up5·3 days agoWhat do you even do in that situation? You have to assume it can go off at any time right ?
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 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.
minus-squareBob Robertson IX@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·3 days agoAsk one of the NK guys to get it out.
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 ?
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.
Ask one of the NK guys to get it out.