If that actually works then I'm genuinely curious to see it in action. I assume they're being dropped by drones, are there any videos of one of them being used?
See those holes on the side of the shaft? That's where the hot gas from the internal charge comes out to fill the tube and propel the mortar forward. It's a high pressure-low pressure system and the mortar is normally dropped down the tube. A cartridge makes priming these easier than fiddling with tiny primers and measuring cups of powder.
Every mortar system works like this. It isn't an isolated thing.
Why would you assume mortars are being drone dropped and not used as mortars? The puff of smoke you saw wasn't this because being dropped wouldn't set it off.
Oh I noticed a small puff of smoke on the new drone footage and figured it was something like this. The originals would just drop the mortar and it would often spin and go off target. Now they add a small charge which puts more energy into it, making it more accurate.
I find this all fascinating since for whatever reason small scale anti-infantry UAV Quadcopters were something no military in the world thought about. The smallest UAVs were small plane shaped and designed for recon. They're cobbling together the next generation of military hardware filling a really interesting niche and it's all off the shelf material.
They've been thinking about it for a long time but normally it takes years to actually get something approved for field use. Ukraine didn't have years so they grabbed something off the shelf without going through the normal processes.
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Oh I noticed a small puff of smoke on the new drone footage and figured it was something like this. The originals would just drop the mortar and it would often spin and go off target. Now they add a small charge which puts more energy into it, making it more accurate.
I find this all fascinating since for whatever reason small scale anti-infantry UAV Quadcopters were something no military in the world thought about. The smallest UAVs were small plane shaped and designed for recon. They're cobbling together the next generation of military hardware filling a really interesting niche and it's all off the shelf material.
>I find this all fascinating since for whatever reason small scale anti-infantry UAV Quadcopters were something no military in the world thought about.
Not correct.
— STM Boyga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDLnwy2fhzU
— Asisguard Songar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-oG9qAAs9Y
The latter has also been sold to Nigeria and undisclosed Asian state.
they use shotgun shell as a priming mechanism
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You'd have thought they would have used engine starters instead.
Those things are cheaper.
>use engine starters instead
Anon, you do know shotgun shells have been used as engine starters as well, right...?
If that actually works then I'm genuinely curious to see it in action. I assume they're being dropped by drones, are there any videos of one of them being used?
See those holes on the side of the shaft? That's where the hot gas from the internal charge comes out to fill the tube and propel the mortar forward. It's a high pressure-low pressure system and the mortar is normally dropped down the tube. A cartridge makes priming these easier than fiddling with tiny primers and measuring cups of powder.
Every mortar system works like this. It isn't an isolated thing.
Why would you assume mortars are being drone dropped and not used as mortars? The puff of smoke you saw wasn't this because being dropped wouldn't set it off.
Oh I noticed a small puff of smoke on the new drone footage and figured it was something like this. The originals would just drop the mortar and it would often spin and go off target. Now they add a small charge which puts more energy into it, making it more accurate.
I find this all fascinating since for whatever reason small scale anti-infantry UAV Quadcopters were something no military in the world thought about. The smallest UAVs were small plane shaped and designed for recon. They're cobbling together the next generation of military hardware filling a really interesting niche and it's all off the shelf material.
webm?
That smoke probably comes from the soviet grenade fuses' replacing the original fuses. Normal mortar fuses wouldn't work if they're just dropped.
They've been thinking about it for a long time but normally it takes years to actually get something approved for field use. Ukraine didn't have years so they grabbed something off the shelf without going through the normal processes.
>I find this all fascinating since for whatever reason small scale anti-infantry UAV Quadcopters were something no military in the world thought about.
Not correct.
— STM Boyga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDLnwy2fhzU
— Asisguard Songar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-oG9qAAs9Y
The latter has also been sold to Nigeria and undisclosed Asian state.
Ignition catridge, hello?
>Yes, mortars were pipe shotguns all along
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OP showing off his latest onlyfans teaser?
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who could be behind this I wonder?
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