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Mortar of the Knights of Saint John of Jerusalem, Rhodes, 1480-1500, fired 260 lb (118 kg) cannon balls.
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Kirkuk, Iraq -- Soldiers pass an 82-mm mortar shell while emptying a massive weapons cache near Kirkuk Sunday. The weapons will be disposed of in a controlled detonation to ensure they dont fall into terrorist hands for use against Iraqi citizens or coal
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A 81mm L16 smoothbore mortar
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51st Security Police Squadron member SSGT Robert Colyer packs a White Phosphorous mortar round during heavy weapons training at Rodriquez Range.
photo: U.S. Army/1st Lt. Chris J. Heathscott
An ING Soldier helps load up the contents of the largest weapons cache, by placing one of the 23 120-millimeter mortar rounds on a truck to be inventoried and carried out. Along with the mass number of weapons discovered, a briefcase was found that conta
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German Army PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery mortars: larger towed or self-propelled weapons that fire projectiles at an angle of over 45 degrees to the horizontal.
photo: U.S. Army / Spc. Charles W. Gill
QUICK REACTION - U.S. soldiers react to a mortar attack while searching for weapons caches in northwestern Shula, a district in Baghdad, Iraq, May 16, 2008.
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Kirkuk, Iraq -- 101st Airborne Division Soldiers form a chain to move mortar rounds found in a massive weapons cache Sunday near Kirkuk. More than 2,700 rounds were discovered near an abandoned Iraqi military base.
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A M16, an AR-10 and a semi-automatic AR-15 "Sporter" along with other Vietnam War era rifles
photo: US Army / Spc. Charles W. Gill
Reacting to Fire
photo: U.S. Army/Kurt Gibbons III
Spc. Alex Aguilar, a sniper from the 155th Brigade Combat Team, attached to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Unit, looks out over a portion of the Euphrates River in Iraq that insurgents have used to transport mortars and other weapons after dark. This pho
photo: US Navy / Lance Cpl. Orlando Perez
U.S. Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment prepare to fire live rounds from an M-252 80mm mortar system.
photo: U.S. Army/Spc. Andy Miller
Task Force 2-12 Cav Soldiers watch the second of three controlled detonations of weapons caches the Task Force found in the Latifiyah area of north Babil Jan. 18. The cache contained dozens of artillery and mortar rounds, and an assortment of explosives,
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Mountain howitzer firing
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US Army (USA) Specialist (SPC) Alex Aguilar a sniper from Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, watches over a part of the Euphrates River that insurgents use to transport mortars and weapons in during the hours of darkness in Al Iskand
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An Iraqi 7.62mm Al-Quds machine rifle sit atop a large cache of mortars, explosives, intel and weapons, captured by US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine assigned to Bravo/Company, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines while on patrol in search for insurgents in the City of
photo: US Navy / Lance Cpl. Orlando Perez
U.S. Marines assigned to Weapons Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment aim an M-252 80mm mortar system before firing live rounds on Range 442 at Pohakuloa Training Area, Hawaii.
photo: Army / SGT JEAN-MARC SCHAIBLE
Defense Image Digest,
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Lahko kolesno oklepno vozilo Valuk (LKOV, "Light wheeled armoured vehicle") is an improved and licensed version of Pandur 6X6 APC, manufactured under a license manufacturing agreement with the Austrian company, Steyr Daimler Puch Spezialfahrzueg AG & Co KG (now part of General Dynamics Land Systems - Europe), by Sistemska Tehnika of Slovenia for the Slovenian Army.[2]
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), fire 81 mm M252 mortars to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Securi
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), fire 81 mm M252 mortars to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engaged in a Securi
photo: USAF / Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew
Iraqi Special Weapons and Tactics teams assist Iraqi military search teams looking for militia members responsible for launching a mortar attack against Camp Echo the previous night June 17, 2008, in Ad Diwaniyah, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Plew/Released)
photo: Army / SGT JEAN-MARC SCHAIBLE
U.S. Forces in Bosnia II, JOINT ENDEAVOR
photo: Army / SGT JEAN-MARC SCHAIBLE
U.S. Forces in Bosnia II, JOINT ENDEAVOR
photo: Army / SGT JEAN-MARC SCHAIBLE
U.S. Forces in Bosnia II, JOINT ENDEAVOR
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A US Marine Corps (USMC) Marine, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), prepares an 81 mm M252 mortar round in order to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV
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2S4 Tyulpan
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US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), set up an 81 mm M252 mortar in order to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is engage
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Two US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines, Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion (BN), 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division (MARDIV), set up an 81 mm M252 mortar in order to provide counter-battery fire against Iraqi insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq. The 1 MARDIV is en