• 60mm Mortar round falls short
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_FsRdTO90[/media]
So.. What do they do with a dud round like that? Do they approach it? Do they call in bomb squad? or?
I love how the random white guy in a t-shirt, shorts and glasses just walks up on them casually.
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;44106820]I love how the random white guy in a t-shirt, shorts and glasses just walks up on them casually.[/QUOTE] "What'chya all up to?"
I'm pretty sure modern rounds have safety measures so its safe to approach them in a situation like this.
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;44106927]I'm pretty sure modern rounds have safety measures so its safe to approach them in a situation like this.[/QUOTE] You're correct, its just that they cant be sure if the safety worked until around 5(?) seconds after the round leaves the mortar, that's why they ran and then comfortably re approached shortly after.
[QUOTE=Pantz Master;44106927]I'm pretty sure modern rounds have safety measures so its safe to approach them in a situation like this.[/QUOTE] Yeah, even with those safety measures, I'd probably wouldn't go near the fucking thing for ten minutes. I'd rather not be red goop.
[QUOTE=Bleach Qeef;44106820]I love how the random white guy in a t-shirt, shorts and glasses just walks up on them casually.[/QUOTE] Never book with a budget traveling agency.
"Mortar Par... FUCK THIS"
The mortar round was safe, it doesn't arm itself before closing to it's trajectory peak, but you just want to take a few steps back to be safe. (and the habit of thinking "It's okay, go pick it up" isn't something you want :v:) [IMG]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bf/M734_Multi_Option_Fuze_Functions.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=Covalency;44106801]So.. What do they do with a dud round like that? Do they approach it? Do they call in bomb squad? or?[/QUOTE] As far as I know it is safe. The primer just sucked cause of the rain. It is just a mortar round with a spent primer it won't explode.
*ploop*
That was not too bad, scary as hell but they were in pretty safe spot with the sandbags and all. Here in finland something like 2-3 conscripts died when they double reloaded the mortar tube by accident. They didn't even probably realize what happened when both rounds blew up.
What the hell why did a guy with shorts, a t shirt, glasses, and sandals just decide to stroll up to a US mortar (training?) in afghanistan just in time for the morter to fail?
Private video. Anyone got a reupload?
somebody needs to make a gif of the part where it happens, right. in this gif, as the guy in the shorts walks up to them it goes "hey guys whats going on in this thr-" and then when the dud fires it has the 'get out' frog over it as they run away
This was the first thing that came to mind when i saw it happen [video=youtube;B3QbYQU-lg8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3QbYQU-lg8[/video]
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