16 reactions | U.S. Marines fire M252 81mm mortar systems during a live-fire mortars range as part of Fuji Viper 23.3 at Combined Arms Training Center Camp Fuji, Japan … https://dvidshub.net/r/ticsnk | DVIDSHUB | Facebook

Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade conduct live fire mortar range in Grafenwoehr, Germany. The M252 81 mm medium weight mortar is a British designed smooth bore, muzzle-loading, high-angle-of-fire weapon used for long-range indirect fire support to light infantry, air assault, and airborne units across the entire front of a battalion zone of influence. In the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps, it is normally deployed in the mortar platoon of an infantry battalion. http://militaryleak.com | M

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