Bad A$$! Them tubes were almost straight up...makes one wonder.
Bad A$$! Them tubes were almost straight up...makes one wonder.
Maximum elevation is for close combat, keep your heads down after dropping the round! :camo:
A mortar round has a very steep arc while the artillery round has a flatter trajectory. Also mortars fire rounds at slower speeds than artillery so they must be fired at a higher angle to achieve any range.
I have absolutely no experience in this field, but physics would say that you are 100% correct.Yes but depending on the charge and the elevation, suffice to say max elevation on a mortar generally means your dropping pretty close, dunno abot the 120mm could be different than 81's and 60's.
45 degrees makes sense with a cannon, while mortars would have an elevation far higher than that, some 50-80 degrees if my memory is correct.
The 90 degree-theory is often debated, but usually on spin-stabilized projectiles, and it's generally considered a bad idea to try it out. ;-)
Ah yes, mortars isn't just about elevation, but also the number of "donuts" left on the grenade when it enters the stovepipe. :smil:
My fault, never been in the "infantry support" role, ours was merely for laying a defensive barrage from static positions.
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