This 15-inch-long cardboard tube is about three inches in diameter and is labeled as follows: “R4CGC 60MM. MORTAR M1 & M2 SHELL, ILLUM., M83A1 W/FUZE, TIME, (FIXED) M65 LOT PAE-T45-794” It is ...

The M224 60mm mortar replaced the older (WWII era) M2 and M19, 60mm Mortars. ... Military Moves Ships, Aircraft to Middle East as Senator Seeks to Stop US Action Against Iran.

In 1935 French ironworker Edward William Brandt engineered the Brandt mle 27/31 mortar system which the United States studied, derived from and transmuted into the M1 81mm and M2 60mm mortar ...

Deaths in US arms depot explosion. Mortar ... It was not immediately clear whether the 60mm mortar shell ... The depot was first established as a naval staging area during most of World War II.

US, Philippine soldiers conduct mortar training during Salaknib 25. By Sgt. Danielle Sturgill March 29, 2025. ... M120, and 60mm mortar firing systems during Salaknib 25 at Fort Magsaysay, ...

A 60mm mortar explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during a training exercise in the Nevada desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the use of the weapon ...

Seven U.S. Marines were killed and at least seven others were injured when a powerful 60mm mortar exploded in a tube during a training exercise in Nevada, the Marines said today.

The mortar, which looks sort of like an automobile jack, is carried to a suitable launch site and assembled so its barrel points upward. Then one of these 60MM. mortar shells is dropped down the ...