The M224 60mm Lightweight mortar is a smooth bore, muzzle loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon. The cannon assembly is composed of the barrel, combination base cap, and firing mechanism. The mount ...

The military pickup truck accelerates as it bursts out of a treeline and across an open field towards a Ukrainian mortar position about half a mile from the Russian border. A soldier sitting in ...

Mortars are indirect fire weapons that launch explosive shells at targeted positions. They function by dropping a shell into a tube, where it strikes a firing pin that ignites the propellant.

Each of the steel balls weighs in at just over 11 ounces. You get a really good look at the finished mortar in this test-fire video. It’s quite small but [Sir Keyboard Commando] reports that the ...

KHYBER: Residents of Tirah Valley staged a protest demonstration against the killing of a 12-year-old girl in a mortar fire. Sources in the valley said a mortar shell fired by security forces ...

The Ukrainian military has captured two Chinese men fighting alongside the Russian army in the eastern Donetsk region and has ...

“These journalists were hit and injured by mortar shells fired by Pakistani ... where Pakistani and Afghan forces exchanged fire overnight, in Torkham, Afghanistan, Monday, March 3, 2025.

A Gilbert arson investigator testified for 15 hours and counting in an Arizona juvenile court to discuss his findings in a barn fire.