Light mortar in Finland is nicknamed "The Pringles tube"

@Shaun_Jones

3 жыл бұрын

Interestingly enough, I have a book that contains instructions for making a mortar out of actual Pringles tubes. It uses butane to launch tennis balls.

@Nobody_Imp0rtant

3 жыл бұрын

In the CAF we my squad called them "roamen candles"

@alk4pon3

2 жыл бұрын

No one cares

#5ThingsYouDontKnow The Answer Is: Two Japanese mortars - Type 10 and Type 89 - earned the nickname “Knee Mortar” among US troops. “The Japanese referred to the Type 89 as the Hachikyū-shiki jū-tekidantō, or Year 89 Grenade Discharger. They were issued at the platoon level to a single soldier who carried the tube strapped along the leg. This led quickly to the weapon being referred to as the ‘leg mortar.’ When US troops captured these weapons, a bad translation of this moniker led to the term ‘knee mortar’ and it has stuck. The curved T-shaped base of the Type 89 seemed to reinforce this belief. However, when US troops tried to test fire recycled knee mortars from the knee, bad things happened.”

@failuretocommunicate8690

8 жыл бұрын

Interesting that the video mentioned Petersburgh. One of many Southern cities bombed by the north. Shameful exhibition firing 200 lb shells onto women and children. And these are the ones history calls the moral victors.

@failuretocommunicate8690

8 жыл бұрын

***** the Confederate States cannot be compared to Nazis. Though bombing of either civilian population is reprehensible.

@spidermann5000

8 жыл бұрын

+STEVE:- End Hypocrisy Okay then how about Bagdat, Panama, Nicaragua, Grenada, Cambodia, Peru, ... And I am not complaining about Dresden here coz that was something I would have expected to happen after... well you named it. Problem with the US is that they/you(?) want to be involved everywhere with everything and I understand that maintaining the power is something they/you feel is necessary, but it just doesn't work out for anyone, maybe for the ones in charge but I can't see any profit for the average joe.

@stephencressey1

8 жыл бұрын

My point is that Dresden is always dragged up as if the Germans were TOTALLY blameless.War is hell.People die.In a war the only way to win is to destroy the enemies resolve and means to continue fighting.

@spidermann5000

8 жыл бұрын

STEVE:- End Hypocrisy I tell you this will never end, the anual of the bombing has becom a gathering of brown scum in Dresden. On the other hand there is always some ducumentary on tv at this day that reminds us on what happened. I guess Germany will never get over ww2.

The narrator keeps repeating the mortar is virtually unchanged since the Civil War. They've changed dramatically in design, range, and accuracy. It's the concept that hasn't changed.

@Token_Black_Guy

6 жыл бұрын

bobby D maybe thats what he ment

@YelpBullhorn

5 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, bobby D. Compare that civil war monster with the modern weapons highlighted towards the end of this rather pointless video, and you'd have to be blind, or stupid, not to agree with you.

@gerrykollath7642

4 жыл бұрын

Interesting response. I was thinking about it. In some ways the change is radical. But the basic design is a 3 piece device (bipod, tube, baseplate) usually, not always smoothe-bored. The sighting has changed, the metallurgy has likely changed and the rounds have changed. They don't address the aiming (stakes) and the introduction of digital plotting, and such...

@aethelyfel7573

3 жыл бұрын

I think they mean the tactical use of mortars hasn’t changed much: but ultra light versions might change how rapidly they can be deployed.

@billpugh58

Жыл бұрын

The music makes an really interesting subject into a childish 1990s style documentary….well done:)

For the record, modern (WW1 and on) mortars in fact are quite different from pre-WW1 mortars - specifically, in their intended use. Pre-WW1 mortars (or "bombards") were siege weapons as hinted in the first part of the video. Post-WW1 mortars are infantry support weapons/light artillery. That is quite a fundamental difference.

I like the use of the technical term "Blast the living hell out of a target".

@Jariid

9 жыл бұрын

Michael Caulder he forgets Willie pete

@joshbruder2051

9 жыл бұрын

Keegan Dasitmane True dat, but it makes sense that he wouldn't mention in because people these days are pretty against chemical/fire weapons because of the amount of pain they inflict. Meh.

@Jariid

9 жыл бұрын

I guess it'll just be that number 6 to retain PR. Sucks to be the guys that get it dropped on them, I suppose.

@cykacat4196

7 жыл бұрын

you got it all wrong, it is: THE FUCKING THING THAT FIRES, AND GOES BOOM BOOM. Great for K/D BTW, izi rankup

@minecraftredstoner7780

6 жыл бұрын

Yes Indeed, sounds like something marines would say in some action comic :}.

Yay mortars. I only say yay because I've never been fired on by them. I'd imagine one of the scariest things in combat is the whistling and explosion of mortars.

@williamcarmine8868

9 жыл бұрын

We all have to admit it, the Nazi party was evil, the German people were either stupidly ignorant or choosing to ignore the 'solution' laid out for the Jews, and their leader was a really fucked up military screw up, but during WW2, they made some great stuff. First jet fighter, 'first assault rifle,' and half of a nuke.

@glenwood89420

9 жыл бұрын

William Carmine We talk about how the American depression was so bad , truth is the Germans were in a spot that America could never even imagine being in (even during our depression) and were looking for any one to make things better and unite their broken spirits. If i was a German in the 1920s /30s I would have most definitely followed Hitler, anyone who says other wise is either a liar or doesn't know thier basic 20th century history.

@pinz2022

9 жыл бұрын

glenwood89420 I read Erich Maria Remarque's "The obelisk" in which it's the early 1920's in Germany and one of "Paul"s old army buds is now working for a headstone maker and enduring the Weimar hyperinflation. Quite grim but entertaining. Remarque should never have killed off Paul at the end of "All Quiet on the Western Front as he had to use one of the guys from his old unit as the protagonist in his succeeding novels.

@straightjacket219

9 жыл бұрын

William Carmine i have.,.. i hate them when incoming..

@pinz2022

9 жыл бұрын

VolDep45 I read it was rifled mortars which gave no whistle or screech of incoming.

Knee mortar, several poor GIs took this literally, which resulted in broken legs

@raymondj8768

6 жыл бұрын

thats what i was thinking to poor dummies

@9dk.dk9

4 жыл бұрын

CQC? If Behind Mortar Line Have Arteries Guns? You Can Close?

@danielbtwd

3 жыл бұрын

It's a myth , a mortar crew would be properly trained.

Served in the marines from 93 to 97. 0341 was my mos. 60motars. Loved it. Brings back memories.

You'll find even smoothbore mortars have an obturating ring, the ones on rifled mortars are designed somewhat differently so as to engage the rifling in the tube. But even smoothbores use them to ensure a good gas seal and eliminate 'barrel chatter' which can wreck accuracy.

@dustinross3039

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you, someone had to say it!

@jamesdungan4426

6 жыл бұрын

Jef Green I

@stevendurham9996

5 жыл бұрын

Good point, thank You.

When are we gonna be able to buy hunting mortars?

@ANNEX3D

3 жыл бұрын

Yea

@rowbearpucklebuck2331

3 жыл бұрын

Accidentally hit a horse with a practice round out at 700 yards. I did NOT blow a deer away the next week. Contrary to the stories....

I use a 105 howitzer to keep hippies and vegans of my lawn. I have issues.

@TheRealMEEDABEE

9 жыл бұрын

ryan gonzalez Nah, seems like a natural response in my book. :/

@foxt9151

9 жыл бұрын

ryan gonzalez i use howitzer to keep meat eaters and nazis of my lawn

@johnronkainen9445

9 жыл бұрын

ryan gonzalez No issues detected. Just common sense. Which happens to be classified as an issue by the hippies and vegans.

@piescespiesces602

6 жыл бұрын

LOL comment of the day I love this lighthearted humor. >>"No issues detected. Just common sense. Which happens to be classified as an issue by the hippies and vegans.

@rene8564

6 жыл бұрын

You don't have a howitzer, but this vegan is actually packing.

It was called the 'knee mortar.' The knee was how high it stood, when it was in use, but this was not understood at first.. That changed when a soldier who tried to fire a captured 'knee mortar' -- braced on top of his knee -- was seriously injured.

I was in Mortars for near 20 years. Loved them. Other type of fuses that came on the mortar was a VT fuse (varible time). Air burst as it were. At about 9 meters above the ground. There is or was HEQ (quick) that burst on impact, and HED (delayed ) that would delay for about 1 sec then burst. The best ever fire missions for my mortar section was ones that included each type of fuse and rounds fired from the three tubes. WP, HEQ, HED, VT on a Time On Target mission. A beauty to behold as a Mortarman and FO teams.

@suzukigsxfa9683

2 жыл бұрын

@david tugan, how did you decide which fuse to use in which situations.

The obturating band isn't just for rifled systems. It is used on all modern mortar ammunition to increase pressure behind the round in the barrel.

@pinz2022

9 жыл бұрын

berzerk116 That's what had me confused in the vid. You don't put fins on a projectile to be fired from a rifled barrel.

@lib556

6 жыл бұрын

...and it's not located at the base of the round as he says in the vid. It's at the widest portion just below the fuze and shoulder...Maybe he thought the increments (charges) were the obturating ring...

@ianpratt9840

6 жыл бұрын

I think he was confusing the rifling band and the obturator band. He also talked like the rifled mortar rounds were the only ones that spun for arming.

@danielpickrell8311

3 жыл бұрын

Those are cooling fins.... In the tube is smooth.

@danielpickrell8311

3 жыл бұрын

@@ianpratt9840 that's not rifling. In the fuze it has a small spinner to arm the mortar round.

My dad was in WW2. He was infantry under Eisenhower and Patton. It was a German version of one of these. That exploded near enough to him that wounded him. He lost one leg below the knee and carried around shrapnel from the round. That the British surgeons couldn’t remove, until he passed away in 06 at 80 just shy of his 81st birthday.

The knee mortar, bc some knuckle heads fired them with the base plate on top of their thighs. and broke them...

@Heiryuu

9 жыл бұрын

Gen Scinmore i suppose this is one of those "it seemed like a good idea at the time!" sorta things.

@GenScinmore

9 жыл бұрын

lol

@boonswings1275

9 жыл бұрын

'Murica

@dattebayo10

9 жыл бұрын

Gen Scinmore nice trivia

@johnronkainen9445

9 жыл бұрын

Heiryuu Yep, a poor translation caused it all. You see, a captured Jap tried to translate the name of the 'Leg Mortar' (so called because it was carried strapped to your leg), but it came out as 'Knee Mortar'. Since the baseplate was rounded and looked like it would easily fit on the side of your knee while firing, many soldiers tried to do just that and found out the hard way the amount of pain and misery that can be inflicted by a mistranslation.

Takes me back 11c10 Army days in the 70s. Basic training using 81mm but ended up on 4deuce...on a gamagoat ( those still around ? ) and later on mounted on an apc. Fun burning the cheese charges at night around the fire barrel 😅 Then on to the 82nd Airborne where 3 guys on your squad had to strap the 3 pieces of the 81 to your person as you jumped ! Memories 👌👍

@ameroz60

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like me , learned on a 81 then went to Wiesbaden Germany CSC tank Battalion with track mounted 4.2 inch, that was 1978 to 81 , liked same thing with the charges at end of night fire . I had one come out of tube and landed 10or 15 meters front of track ,lol guys on track about to shit themselves, another track when dropping round and coming out broke the lock at bottom tube, lucky it cleared the top of ramp. What fun we had back then, lol

@StarrTile

Жыл бұрын

@@ameroz60 too funny we had about same experience...AND same years '78-81' 😲

@masterhacker7065

Жыл бұрын

@@StarrTile no the 4.2 inch mortar isnt in service anymore, now its the 120mm built by israel. they are so much fun though they can give you a massive headache and nose bleed

US-American history.... everything begins at the civil war... GUYS... mortars are WAAAY older than that

@richardgreenleaf3259

8 жыл бұрын

Not sure that's true today. Certainly wasn't true when I was in school. From 1st grade through 3rd US history began with 1492 and Columbus. 1st through 2rd it went from Columbus straight to 1620 and the Pilgrims landing at Plymoth rock, then on to the American Revolution, then to the American Civil War. Beginning 3rd it went from the Pilgrims to the Salem Witchcraft Trials then to the French and Indian War before moving on to the American Revolution and continuing as it had. 4th grade broke things up a little, it went from Columbus to the Lost Colony to Jamestown then followed 3rd through the American Revolution before going on to Daniel Boone and the Cumberland Gap then moving on to the Civil War. 5th grade introduced a little on the settling of the colonies following Jamestown and the Pilgrims before following the 4th through Daniel Boone then introducing the War of 1812 and a brief bit on the antebellum period before hitting the American Civil War. 6th grade was the change, the year actually started with the Native Americans and the Bearing Land Bridge before moving on to Columbus and following 5th grade. 7th ignored all of that and touched a little on WWI and WWII but was mostly about government and the first half of the 20th century. 8th grade was back to 6th really. 9th grade there wasn't a history class really, officially it was government but it also included what should have been a fun archeology period (except some jerks kept going in at night and trashing our dig site so we had to set it up the grids again every day and never got anything done; according to the teacher it was supposed to have been a CCC fire prevention project site from the '30s). 10th grade we didn't have an actual history course, but we got our history lessons in English class and those were designed to tie in with English itself. So studying Greek and Roman myth we learned about the lives of folks in antiquity; reading "The Odyssey" we learned a little about Greek warfare; reading "Animal Farm" we had to learn about the early Soviet era. 11th grade had a history course but that was a bit of a joke. Plus I took two history electives that year, one for a quarter of the year which was more a generalized course and one which was more of an international history course that ran the full year. The core history course was technically American history, but I'd say I had more of my classmates asking me about the subject than they were getting from the teachers. And certainly when we got to the American Civil War about half the class was asking me about it. 12th grade was no American History, we studied Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and WWII.

@Siencefictionfreak

8 жыл бұрын

well i think i got to say sry if thats the case... my fault... ;-) you just allways hear only from the civil war and stuff when you are looking at stuff made in the us..

@richardgreenleaf3259

8 жыл бұрын

Siencefictionfreak Don't apologize. Your comments seem to fit closer to more today's lesson plans I graduated high school in '95, things were different then from what they are now and even then they were starting to go more towards today.

@wolfgangornig3556

8 жыл бұрын

Mortars are much older. but they (including those from the civil war) have almost nothinin comming with modern mortars. Modern mortars start with WWI

@randomdude8877

8 жыл бұрын

I found this on a wiki page (yea i know not the best source) "Many historians consider the first mortars to have been used at the 1453 siege of Constantinople by Fatih Sultan Mehmed."

I've always been fascinated with anything that uses indirect fire. It's amazing how you can calculate where to put a round.

@Gunfighter5

2 жыл бұрын

I was a mortar man for 11 years in the army infantry. It is really cool how we calculate data for fire missions. We have some computers that do a lot now but we still train the old school skills. The plotting board is your best piece of equipment.

@Gunfighter5

2 жыл бұрын

Look up m16 plotting board on KZread they have a couple of videos

@KBoogiie

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gunfighter5 IF YOU CANT TRUCK IT FUCK IT 120MM HIGH ANGLE HELL

@markdavids2511

2 жыл бұрын

@@Gunfighter5 why do they look through those sights as you can’t see the other side of a house or hill?.

@nelackey

2 жыл бұрын

@@markdavids2511 The sights are for aiming post alignment. I will not go into lengthy technical details.

The short little knee mortar, but don't fire it off your knee, unless you want to walk with a limp for the rest of your life.

Good video, but like far too many KZreadrs, the background music is very intrusive, and cannot be turned down. It makes it difficult to hear the talking properly.

The most important thing to know is that they don't whistle like in the movies, they fly silently and just blow up. It's also important to know where they are firing from before you just go running wildly into the next area. Wait for the second round and move in the opposite direction if you cannot reach SAFE overhead cover in a 3-second rush, and don't go diving under a vehicle. And once you're location has been mortared once, you can be sure it will happen again and again.

@jwaller1231

8 жыл бұрын

+jesterd14 They whistle if you poke a hole in the top of the round with the safety pin. Lol.

@dsm3759703

8 жыл бұрын

+jesterd14 I know for a fact they do whistle. Just not quite like in movies. Much quieter, but you can hear them...120's at least.

@alan6903

8 жыл бұрын

+dsm3759703 81mm also. They dont really wistle, but you hear them moving trough the air. Especially when firing on short distance.

@MrSysdump

6 жыл бұрын

They have a slight whistle fun fact there was actually a whole thing about making the mortar fire silently because in the early days they used to whistle like hell. Depends on how fast and any holes in the canister. Now they don't whistle like in the movies however they can be designed to whistle like in the movies. I actually think if they made them whistle like in the movies it would help with enemy moral it's more terrifying to hear your death coming lol. However whistling also messes with the aerodynamics of the shell.

@samcota4632

5 жыл бұрын

They definitely whistle.. you can hear that bitch coming in. Look it up lol

The Japanese mortar was known as the Knee Mortar as it was believed that the base plate could be rested on the operators leg. In practise when it was used like that it could cause fractures.

@alexpiggford2757

8 жыл бұрын

*would

thanks for help. During the excavation of the mortar positions on the depths of the trench is already clear what the mortar was.

Knee mortar - yet not ment to be fired from the knee

Motars was used since before the ACW. It has a history spanding back to very late Medieval Era

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

This channel doesn't recognize history unless it's American history.

@trygveblacktiger597

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah what was i thinking Americans are too proud to accsuly give a shit about facts

@sandiabill1

7 жыл бұрын

I don't know where you are from but perhaps you should take on that project for your country, huh?

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

sandiabill1 That's not the point he is making. The point he is making is that ignoring aspects of history is revisionism. What he wants is less revisionism, not more.

@sandiabill1

7 жыл бұрын

Tripticket: Didn't mean my comment to be condescending, my misunderstanding, my mistake. Cheers!

Mortars have changed significantly since the civil war, it's like comparing Gatling gun with Vulcan rotary gun

The knee mortar caused a few broken thigh bones. I noticed in a few of the vids shown that the mortar bounced on firing. They were not set properly. A properly set base won't cause the mortar to bounce when fired. I was a medic sent out with mortar platoons back in the 70's.60 mm mortars were used in WW 2. The mortar platoons I served with had 81 mm mortars. In my battalion, 2 companies had 81's and a third company had a 4.2 inch mortar platoon.

All these facts are known by US infantry or heavy weapons infantryman.

The one thing you absolutely must know about mortars is never point them straight up! That never ends well, trust me on this one.

@janbaum9705

8 жыл бұрын

+Paul Frederick no

@alan6903

8 жыл бұрын

It will go good, and you will propably survive. If you shoot straight up, the round will stay in position, while the earth keeps spinning. At least, that's what our mortar sergeant major told me. Never tried it ;)

@comunistubula4424

8 жыл бұрын

+Alan B. Don;t ever try it.Your sergeant was messing with you or he's an idiot.I'm not in the army,but high school physics tell me that while the Earth is spinning,the air around it will spin too.So depending on weather(wind might be a factor involved),the projectile will probably be landing very close to the launching point.

@Magpie4000

8 жыл бұрын

Earth rotation is a factor in artillery fire, but only once you start shooting over colossal distances, railway gun type ranges. Not something mortars have to worry about

@wolfgangornig3556

8 жыл бұрын

Earth rotation ist considered normaly beyond 15 miles (even it is not so much at that short distance)

I used the 81mm,in the scottish infantry great weapon loads of fun ,but was a nightmare while doing escape and evasion.with full kit and extra rounds .

great short. keep e'm coming! thumbs up!

Mortars are devastating and loud as hell

@mathswithgarry7104

6 жыл бұрын

I've often wondered just how effective they really are. In the books about combat I've read, you hardly ever hear of anyone actually being killed by a mortar. But the consensus here seems to be that they are pretty dangerous.

@MisterCOM

6 жыл бұрын

Garry Lockwood scare effect

@flyingdog1498

6 жыл бұрын

Garry Lockwood, I beg to differ with you, have helped load a few mortar victims into body bags, and actually have a scar on my ass from motor shrapnel, August 1969, Green Beach, Chu Lai, RVN.

Should be re-titled "5 things everyone knows about mortars."

On 12/10/2021. It's been reported that a man in the UK was hospitalized and bomb squad was called because he had put a WW2 mortar shell up his rear end.

@Towelie4200

2 жыл бұрын

Crazy bastard 🤣

nicknamed the Knee mortar, due to its baceplate looking like it was to be fired via the leg or knee, the one problem, it was not supposed to be fired that way, the plate was supposed to be jabbed into the ground, but in WWII, American soldiers got injured from misunderstanding the way to use it, injuries include dislocated legs and knees, fractured legs and knees, torn muscles. When used correctly, it was very affective, and the standard Japanese grenade could be adapted to be fired from the mortar, I know this stuff because I have watched docs on all things WWI and WWII, I'm a world war buff

What are they sighting with the optics on modern mortars?

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, but first you have a team measure the exact location and an exact bearing. Then you use an aiming circle and 'mirror' it with the sight of the mortar to get the exact bearing over to the mortar. Then you put a stick in the ground in the direction you're firing at and aim at the stick. You can also do it with a handheld aiming circle, which gives you an approximate bearing towards the place you're supposed to fire at. Again, you put a stick in the ground and then you aim at the stick with the sight. You might also do direct fire with mortars if you wish, but that's slightly different. Or you can just automate everything with computers.

@souravdey9428

7 жыл бұрын

vtrmcs They change the angle of shooting in order to to change the range of shell. (projectile motion)

@whomagoose6897

7 жыл бұрын

vtrmcs: All mortars and artillery are indirect fire weapons. The gun crews cannot see the target. Small poles are placed in front of the gun to "aim" at with the optics. Targets are hit by directing the gun some number of degrees, or mil-radians, away from those poles. Various amounts of charges are on each shell to get the desired distance. Also the angle of the canon, or tube, makes a difference. Forward observers watch the location of the impact and call to the gun crews to shift the gun to get on target. I spent 7 years as a mortar man working mostly on the now obsolete 4.2" mortar, called the 4-deuce. Charges were sheets of explosive material that was adjusted by 1/8th fractions. One sheet would be 4/8ths, two sheets sewn together would be 8/8ths, a bundle of 10 sheets would give 40 each 1/8th sections, or 5 charge amounts. A total of 42 charges were possible per 4.2" mortar shell. Wow, all that arithmetic I learned in school was useful after all.

@d.cypher2920

7 жыл бұрын

Whomagoose Long ago soldier wow, very nice explanation.... seriously. thanks for your concise description.

@jeydub8541

6 жыл бұрын

The optics are strictly for acquiring direction of fire/mission azimuth. It's indirect fire, so the target is not generally visible for aiming.

can it throw pommels?

@steelwarrior105

7 жыл бұрын

grumpybill 200lb pommel for massive damage. ending sieges rightly

@asherdie

7 жыл бұрын

SteelWarrior115 good to know

The Japanese mortar was known as the Ni mortar which lobbed grenade sized shells and could be handled by the individual soldier. Ni didn't refer to the weapon being launched from the knee as some soldiers thought due to the bottom plate beneath it, and some captured examples ended up shattering the soldiers' legs.

In the 90s I saw the "Dictator" still sitting behind a steep hill outside Petersburg. It was set to fire over the hill into town. In front of it there was a wooden door into the hill where powder etc was stored within about 30 feet. It was very interesting. I don't know if it's still displayed there or not.

I still don't understand what triggers the mortar shell? Once the shell is dropped down the tube, what causes the shell to shoot out?

@quinnfell8014

8 жыл бұрын

There is a firing pin placed in a base cup, the pin detonates a smaller charge in the fins that propels it out.

@sonnypruitt6639

8 жыл бұрын

Quinn Fell Thank's Like pulling the pin on a grenade?

@quinnfell8014

8 жыл бұрын

More like the pin on a gun... Except the trigger is a wire that you pull

@napoleonibonaparte7198

8 жыл бұрын

+Saddle Sore There is a pin, once the bottom cap filled with gunpowder is striked by the pin, it sends it out using the same theory on muskets.

@alan6903

8 жыл бұрын

+Quinn Fell Depends on what type of mortar. 81mm, just trow it in, and it come out 2 seconds later. You were talking about 120 I think?

Thing 1, mortars used during the (American) civil war: Yup, knew that. They were around a lot earlier as well, ,ind you. Thing 2, mortar design have changed very little since the ACW. Yeah, duh. That's what makes them MORTARS. Thing 3, the Stokes being the ancestor of all modern mortars: Nope, that one was new. Thing 4, mortars can fire numerous types of ammunition. Knew that too. Thing 5, rifled mortars use special rounds. No shit? I thought they used to cram old garbage in mortars and toss at the enemy. Seriously guys, if you are going to tell things, tell us about obscure details. This felt like click-bait.

@Kyoptic

8 жыл бұрын

+Kojak0 It is click bait...

@Zachary341

8 жыл бұрын

I get what you mean but they might be specializing this for people that have no clue about mortars

@wotviewer

8 жыл бұрын

then it is a pity that they imply mortars were "invented" in the ACW, but I suppose, given its an American channel, they probably don't realise that the world existed before 1776, and that mortars were around a lot before then, and yes they used the same principle as the ACW ones. Although how you can say a black powder mortar is "unchanged" compared to the stokes design is baffling.

@TangFiend1

7 жыл бұрын

Same, didn't really know about #3

@jacksonflinn9398

7 жыл бұрын

Kojak0 Bertha gun

We were still using the M2 60mm in the Marines in 1982. The basecap on our tube was stamped 1943.

I got one of these through the gun show loophole in California.

01:30 Who? Dick Tator? That has to be a joke name. LoL

@DarioLProductions

9 жыл бұрын

Nick named

@david5372

8 жыл бұрын

+Lobos222 Well, there's Spec Tator, Common Tator, Bake Tator, Sweet Tator,....

@MrCordycep

8 жыл бұрын

+Lobos222 Richard Potato, one of the most infamous people of all times.

@yankeewatchdog7299

7 жыл бұрын

The first potato gun?

''...be used to mark a target.'' ;D

@rjstewart

8 жыл бұрын

+chris pax I know right lol :-) We'd fire 1 tube HE SQ 1 tube HE Delay 1 Tube Illume and 1 tube WP. We called it a BURN AND CHURN

@FlagFlyingHigh3

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Stewart Thats one hell of a Method of Engagement

@TheEvagues

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Stewart could you explain the HE delay and what it does/how it works?

@rjstewart

8 жыл бұрын

HE delay is used to allow the round to embed itself into the ground before detonation. Normally when a round impacts it detonates almost instantly. This technique is typically used against dug in troops to try and collapse their trenches.

@TheEvagues

8 жыл бұрын

+Rob Stewart thanks

These are a fantastic video series.

So we have a thing called a cram and it shoots these before they hit the base? How? It seems so small and also it doesn’t seem like it would be in the air for very long and the people must be close

He keeps posting " 5 things I don't know"...when I know almost ALL of them.

@christianmendez8321

8 жыл бұрын

whoop-dee-fucking-doo

@paulschalkham4940

8 жыл бұрын

^

@explosivefreak666

8 жыл бұрын

.. I smell ENVY.!.. :)

@explosivefreak666

8 жыл бұрын

.. Herr Hauptùman... Zür befehl.!!

@TheRightLadder

7 жыл бұрын

I feel you, man. Here's five things your definitely don't know. 1. My friend Alan once got run over by a bus and dragged underneath. 2. I had a dog called Rocky who got run over by a milk float. 3. A small part of my beard grows in ginger. 4. My girlfriend works at Primark. 5. I can't stand suede, it makes me uneasy. I got you, bro.

This video seemed interesting, but it's history was all based around the U.S., again, and yet the motor was used well before the civil war

@gunchief0811

7 жыл бұрын

Atomic Horizen he mentions the British and how their design still impacts todays weapon systems.

@tankerd1847

6 жыл бұрын

It's also a show with an American target audience, what's your point?

I loved the terrified look in his eye as he's explaining the different types of ammunition. As he sets them down he's shaking

@peterchen5912

8 жыл бұрын

He looks cautious for sure, they don't look that stable. But he is far from terrified imo, I think your just being stupid

@Blueboy0316

8 жыл бұрын

+peter chen you're *

@peterchen5912

8 жыл бұрын

+BlueBoy0316 it's the internet, no one cares about whether someone uses ur your or you're. And I do know the difference, I just don't feel like typing extra letters.

It was called the knee mortor due to the shape of the base plate. Many U.S. service men ended up with broken legs from placing the base plate of a captured weapon on their leg when firing it.

Having used mortars I probably know more than 5 things he does not know.

@yetanotherjohn

6 жыл бұрын

It would be nice if you shared them.

@ronaldmcdonald9147

6 жыл бұрын

Jack Gamboa the 81s are a bitch to hump, especially base plate or tube when you're also carrying some rounds along with your personal weapon and other gear with a sustainment load while subsisting on one MRE per day.

@campcookhenry

6 жыл бұрын

Yep

@campcookhenry

6 жыл бұрын

You can actually see the rounds heading down range with the 4.2 inch mortar

@flyingdog1498

6 жыл бұрын

C256, 81mm HE, 8 rounds, fire for effect.

Wow battlefield 1 was right

Please do one on Air Defense Artilary

That giant Civil War thing could fire 2+ miles! Must've made a helluva bang!

Stop the music, Turn it down God please, I want to listen to the man.

i hate these things in battlefield 4

@whysosyria1

8 жыл бұрын

..................................................

@derekstone7426

8 жыл бұрын

M224 XDDD especially on rush XD

Is a sextant used for gauging the distance? Or is it some other method of measuring distance.

@gunchief0811

7 жыл бұрын

Bence Horvath the sight that mortars use isnt a sexton. its used to get proper azimuth of fire using Mortar aiming stakes. keeps the tube level during firing stay on target adjust deflection and quadrant. makes fire more accurate. against a mobile enemy.

@bencehorvath6094

7 жыл бұрын

I see, thanks.

The Imperial Japanese Army used the Type 89 mortar, also known as the knee mortar.

You yanks do realise that mortars were in use during the renaissance, and we're not invented in the civil war, right?

@radialwellendichtrin

8 жыл бұрын

+(InsertNameHere) "we're not invented"? Anyway, the vid doesn't say that. But there is a significant difference in technology between the renaissance and the 19th century, most prominently steel.

@lewiskeats9911

8 жыл бұрын

+radialwellendichtrin what?

@starskyhutch438

8 жыл бұрын

+(InsertNameHere) You do realise that if Ceasar kept paying his soldiers you would be speaking Italian today.

@FinestSeven

8 жыл бұрын

+Mike old tymer Do you realise that Romans didn't speak italian?

@ffjsb

8 жыл бұрын

+FinestSeven Fugeddaboutdit...

No mention of the Russians? Russian mortars Start at 120mm, and that's just their basic infantry support.

@AAmirkhanov

8 жыл бұрын

If you start with the USSR, their mortars ran from 37mm (though this was rarely used). Soviet WWII company mortars were 60mm, but their standard was the 82mm mortar. The extra millimeter was added so it could fire rounds from 80 or 81mm mortars that other countries used, albeit with less accuracy.

@moonlightaffairs

8 жыл бұрын

you mean break their knees?

@halo64654

8 жыл бұрын

Russian Bias!

@twobronysplay3587

8 жыл бұрын

+EP Washere (halo64654) pls nerf

@ITmage

8 жыл бұрын

Why would it break anyones knees... those are baseplate mortars.

In the city they are effective against water tanks, antennas and car windows

The 4.2" Mortar was rifled. This slowed the "drop" of the round after the round was placed into the muzzle. We had much fun clearing "misfires" that got stuck or did not fall hard enough to detonate the primer...FOUR DEUCE!

I was an 81mm Mortar man in the Marines, and I loved the Wully P. rounds, thats "white phosphorus" for all you call of duty KZreadrs. Interesting fact about Wully P. rounds, they are an oxidizer and produce their own oxygen so the flame it produces or better yet heat can not be put out with water. It's a chemical burn that continues until it's burns itself out so if the Wully P. lands on you, you can't smother it with a tarp or extinguish it with water you need to remove that part of your flesh or just let it burn through. That is something I would like to use on a crowd of Antifa flag burning Millennials snowflakes.... but thats just in my world..... darn😒

@jekporkins6025

6 жыл бұрын

It's an allotrope of phosphorus, and it's the combining of the white phosphorus to oxygen molecules that in turn produce phosphorus pentoxide that causes the burning. The phosphorus doesn't just "create it's own oxygen" and cause itself to burn brighter, it's the chemical reaction to the air. It simply follows the laws of chemical equilibrium and conservation of mass.

@maz76echo

6 жыл бұрын

thanks porker that is a load off my mind

@hreyes499

5 жыл бұрын

Shake and bake

@kellilopez3910

5 жыл бұрын

Ed Mars : I agree

@ericmason349

5 жыл бұрын

Forgive them for they know not what they do.

The 50mm Japanese mortar was named the Knee mortar by Us GI's because of the shape of the base plate which appeared to be made to fit on the thigh of one's leg. This was a fallacy and could cause a broken leg.

The japanese morter was called the "John Holmes". Thank you very much.

They should have mentioned, now that the Anti-Missile equipment is being used on tanks, that there is an anti-tank heat seeking round. When fired, the heat seeking round locates a warm target, and engine in a tank, and is guided to it on its descent.

@Infinite_Jester

7 жыл бұрын

To my understanding these are not used for mortars.

@ronaldmcdonald9147

6 жыл бұрын

Vincent K sounds like the Javelin used by the Infantry MOS of Anti-tank assaultman (different from mortarman). The way you wrote it sounds like tanks carry tge weapon. I suggest an edit. "...used against tanks..." Also, I think the terminal guidance is more high tech than heat seeking, even though that sounds cool. I cant swear to it but idea is to penetrate top down centered on the turret for a catastrophic kill. A heat seeker would go for the engine/exhause which would only be a mobility kill. Interesting possibilities.

"A variety of different types" 😂

Uh. It was like the knee breaker or something, right? It had like a baseplate that American soldiers assumed that you would rest on your leg, and when they fired it that way it would destroy their femur

Smooth bore mortars also have obturating rings. Just so you know.

@tracybeme1597

4 жыл бұрын

I thought those were garters for the girlies

Don't we also have the option of WP to use on target?

@earlgeorge7573

Жыл бұрын

we had WP rounds also back then

what i want to know is how do the sights work? and what are those red and white sticks used for?

@lestermount3287

3 жыл бұрын

the Fire Direction Control crew gives you the quadrant and deflection which is the elevation and the sight readings you put that on the sight and then crank the sights to line up on the aiming posts which with the correct charge hopefully puts the round on the target.

@earlgeorge7573

Жыл бұрын

basically, you are shooting blind. The mortar uses those stakes to make adjustments. when the mortar, starts, the left vertical edge of the sight is in line with the right edge of both sets of poles. He adjusts his sights on the correction and the gun is traversed so the sight splits the difference between the sets of poles to keep things aligned. The mortar is adjusting it's aiming point this way

@earlgeorge7573

Жыл бұрын

at nightime those poles have flashights on them ,one with clear lenses and one with red lenses

Served as an 11C in the 25th ID (light) in a 60 mm crew. Tropic Lightning.

@marshalltucker6620

4 жыл бұрын

What unit were you with in the 25th? And they used a 60? I was in the 25th from Oct 82 til Feb 93. Never seen a 60 while there.

What is the technical difference between a large rifled mortar and an artillery piece? THX in advance

@lestermount3287

3 жыл бұрын

Artillery is capable of direct fire, which is the main difference in how they are used.

Without dicussing technicalities beyond my experience I am still amazed by the statement that mortars have hardly changed since the Americam Civil War. I don't think you could hope to find a bigger change than the one from a massive piece of ordnance that required its own train or purpose built ship to an effective weapon that can be deployed by a handful of men.

@davidpowell5437

6 жыл бұрын

Also the round became rocket propelled rather than being launched in the traditional manner. All adds up to a substantial reworking of the original concept IMO

Think #1 is fairly well known. Or was fairly well known back in the early '90s and earlier. Do recall mention of mortars being used at Petersburg in my 8th grade history book, that was '90-'91 (if I recall correctly, the American Civil War was studied late winter to early spring, which would have put it third quarter of the school year or 1991)

Great video thanks for the information. John Rooney st.annes Lancashire UK

And here I was all set to think I was sooooooo smart knowing the answer lmao🤓... Looks like everyone knew 😳. 👏🏽!

Hip shot? I served in the Marines as a 0341. Infantry Mortarman and used the 81mm mortar in combat during Operation Desert Storm, with WPNS Co. 1st Bn/8th Marine Regt.

the "knee mortar" thanks Ian!

If you stand behind the tube and snap your head up quick you can watch the round depart

I was once fired from being gunner on a 60mm. And also had the shit smoked out of me for smoking while I had a couple HE rounds in my pocket while we were on standby awaiting a fire mission.

IIRC Chinese bronze short cannons used for bombardment go back to about the 8th century. Also when the first _flamethrowers_ were deployed.

@pinz2022

9 жыл бұрын

Beretta249 The first flamethrowers go back a few centuries further. The so called "greek fire" of the Byzantines.

Love mortar crews in COH :)

The answer to the trivia question is the "Knee Mortar" nicknamed this by American GI's due in part to how the base plate and bi-pod mounts were completely removed in favor of a lighter weight, single man portable, short mortar that could be deployed and fired from an infantryman's knee. It was an extremely effective tool that caused many US casualties during the island hopping campaigns in the pacific. Source believe it or not came from the popular video game Red Orchestra 2: Rising Storm. Where you could actually use the "Knee Mortars" in-game.

When you were putting the illumination round back on the table and you werent sure it was going to balance so you used it in your next gesture and held on to it until the scene cut hahaha nice save, saved the shot , saved time saved money , 9/10 only cos i noticed xD

What is the motor known as hell cannon, using a propane tank. I'll give you a clue, Syria? I love your videos! You should do more, and more. US Army didn't want me cuz I had asthma as a child!

You forgot the 36 inch "Little David" Mortar. Developed at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland with the intent of using it against Japanese fortifications when we Invaded the home islands. The A-Bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki ended the project. Only one was made and tested at APG, MD. It was displayed there for years until B.R.A.C. moved the Ordnance School and Museum down to Fort Lee, VA. The First time it was fired at APG it shattered all the windows on post.

Is that original footage from the civil war at 0:47?

Just as with portable flamethrowers, the Germans were the first to introduce portable mortars onto the battlefield (in WWI). Their light 76 minenwerfer had 360 degree traverse and a rifled barrel and could even fire horizontally.

I was on a 155sp for 6 years . We were told that you can lay down more pounds of explosive with mortars than a 155 and it makes sense. The 155 weighs 95 pounds with one round per minutes sustained firing as i recall. A trained mortar team could fire a round every few seconds

The small Japanese mortar of WWII was nicknamed "the knee mortar". In fact, the compact mortar was never designed to be fired on the knee or thigh, and several GIs broke their legs firing the captured mortars that way.

The South Africans used a "platoon" mortar, just the tube. Ram into the ground and fire. It was used in the desert, so loose dirt was never in short supply, to jam the tube pin in the dirt.

Make damn sure your last round has left the tube before you feed another. make damn sure unless you are freezing not to touch the tube after a series of rounds.

The 81mm uses an obturating ring too

Shin Mordor did you know in ww1 the smoke mortars oftentimes held poisonous gases what does mustard gas and chlorine gas

I have a question. I've watched several videos on mortars and I'm wondering about the angle of the tube. I see a lot of them that looks like they're almost shooting straight up. When the angle is that steep, how far is the projectile actually going? To me it looks like it wouldn't go very far.

@Mrmikemike46

8 жыл бұрын

+wellibee As a general rule, The steeper your angle the closer (from your position) the rounds will impact! All depends on the Type of round being fired! The amount of Charges attached to the round! You have firing tables to give you answers! You CAN have different combinations of angles & charge to best engage the target!

@wellibee

8 жыл бұрын

+Mrmikemike46 Thanks!

@Sharnoy1

8 жыл бұрын

+wellibee As a rule of thumb you can fire the maximum distance using 750 angular mil (45 degree) angle with the maximum charge. Minimum firing distance for the mortar types I'm familiar with can be achieved using 100 angular mil (6 degree) angle with only the basic charge (firing any closer will be dangerous for the crew itself). The actual distance of course depends on the mortar and ammunition type you are using :)

@earlgeorge7573

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrmikemike46 With the 4,2 M30 mortar of the 70's, it fired from one of 3 positions(800,900.0r 1065). The min range at that time was about 920 yards and max being about 5200 yards. The barrel was rifled. With the 81mm mortar, it you held the barrel with your hands your could fire real close to your position

@earlgeorge7573

Жыл бұрын

I was told that on the firebases in Vietnam, a mortar gunner was fire the lowest charge holding the mortar in one hand almost straight up and go from there. This was id desparete situations were time is of the essence.

The Knee Mortar , It's Base plate was Curved and Looked as though it would work on a Soldiers Knee, But it would in fact Break anyone's Leg trying it.

@3:37 the radio chatter is the best part of the clip: "roger that second one was pretty fuckin' righteous...roger, this is kind of fun..."