How far can a 120mm mortar shoot in miles?

120 mm smoothbore mortars have maximum ranges of approximately 7,200 m to 9,500 m, when firing conventional HE mortar projectiles.

How does a mortar round detonate?

When a mortar bomb was dropped into the tube, an impact sensitive primer in the base of the bomb would make contact with a firing pin at the base of the tube, and detonate, firing the bomb towards the target.

What is danger close 120mm mortar?

FA and mortars—Danger-close target is within 600 meters of friendly troops. Naval gunfire-Danger—close target is within 750 meters when using 5-inch or smaller guns (1,000 meters for larger naval guns)….COMBAT SUPPORT.

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What are the Reds for a 120mm mortar?

joebayles commented on Nov 10, 2015 • edited

Weapon System MSD (Training) RED (.1 PI)
120-mm Mortar (M120/M121) 600m 400m
105-mm Artillery (M102/M119) 550m 275m
155-mm Artillery (M109/M198) 725m 450m
155-mm Artillery DPICM 725m 475m

What are the Reds for mortars?

The RED-combat (or MSD-training) is defined as the minimum distance friendly troops can approach the effects of friendly fires without suffering appreciable casualties of 0.1% or higher probability of incapacitation. This tool has concentric range rings for danger areas of mortar and artillery systems.

How fast does a 120mm mortar travel?

The maximum rate for a medium mortar is some 30 rounds per minute; 15 rounds per minute for sustained fire. For heavy mortars, such as those in 120 mm, the maximum rate is approximately 16 rounds per minute, and just 4 rounds for sustained fire.

How accurate are mortars?

Modern, guided, mortars can be relatively accurate. The 81-mm and 120mm Roll Controlled Guided Mortar (RCGM) have a circular error probable (CEP- the radius of a circle within which half of all the weapons fired are expected to fall or explode) of less than 10 metres.

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