The Roll Corrected Guided Mortar
In our recent discussion about the merits, or not, of lightweight artillery systems one lightweight system we ignored (mostly) was mortars. As we know, in the British Army mortars are…
Whatever happened to – LIMAWS
Post the 1998 SDR, when the UK was caught in the grip of the go fast, go hard, go home RMA craze a couple of C130 deployable artillery weapons got…
105 to 155
mm that is http://www.flickr.com/photos/defenceimages/9414519863/ A RAF Merlin helicopter carries a 105mm Light Gun during a training exercise for reservists. Royal Air Force Benson 606 (Chiltern) Reserve Squadron instructors delivered training…
GMLRS Developments
An interesting piece of news this week on the G/MLRS system. First was from Lockheed Martin about the testing of a new GMLRS warhead, called the rather unimaginative 'Alternative Warhead'…
Hawkeye 105mm Weapon System
We have discussed mortars across a number of posts but how about an alternative to the vehicle mounted 120mm mortars that seem to be in vogue. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxhfbLt4Eno A spot of…
81mm Precision Mortars
Jed produced a fantastic post a week or two ago on the range of mortar options available and how they might be used. Click here to read it. This bit…
Learning Lessons from Libya, ISR and Maritime Land Attack
Reality is depressing and I am even struggling with the motivation to finish the bridging series, even though it’s 90% done. So ignoring the fact that we are poorer than…
Mortars
A guest post from Jed We have a lot of discussion of fire support for mobile (armoured, mechanised) infantry, and touched upon the same subject in the context of light…