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Anatomy of a 60mm illumination round


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AZPhil, I believe those little bags carry the propellant that drives the round out of the mortar. The more bags there are the higher/further the round goes.

 

Bob

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They are called increments.

 

All mortars use them in someform and they are part of the formula for range.

 

Mortar fire is quite technical as to fire direction.

 

They are partially discarded in many instances and are quite volatile-piles of them discarded too hastily or incorrectly have caused severe burns and deaths.

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Charlie Flick

Hi Dan:

 

That is a very nice example of the M83 illumination round with the M65 time fuze. It is amazingly complete. Great stuff.

 

Regards,

Charlie

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