silverstars Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 ganked from the Wargamer Forum: It's a video of Marines(I think, although they are DEFINITELY American) firing on Taliban insurgents with what looks like a L9A1 Mortar that the Brits use. Am I missing something here, or do you think a Platoon of Her Majesty's is running around the 'Stan with a SMAW? Also, be forewarned; it is a video of Marines shooting at people so the language gets a bit..."Salty". The Fun moment is when they get tired of firing the Mortar, and ask if they can fire a LAW. A 6-year old at Chucky Cheese would look stoic compared to these guys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackMoria Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Not Marines. Canadian Forces. The mortar is the 60mm M19, which is still in use with Canadian infantry units. The time frame and general location of the video would make this 2 PPCLI which was in active operations in Helmand province in August of 2008. Further evidence - the camo pattern is not Marine pattern. I don't know if the Canadians have the AT4s yet (they are acquiring them) but they have plenty of M72 LAWs. Finally, if it was an American unit, it would be a 500 lb+ bomb from called in CAS to deal with the compound, not a M72 LAW. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Looks like a 60mm mortar of some kind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silverstars Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Not Marines. Canadian Forces. The mortar is the 60mm M19, which is still in use with Canadian infantry units. The time frame and general location of the video would make this 2 PPCLI which was in active operations in Helmand province in August of 2008. Further evidence - the camo pattern is not Marine pattern. I don't know if the Canadians have the AT4s yet (they are acquiring them) but they have plenty of M72 LAWs. Finally, if it was an American unit, it would be a 500 lb+ bomb from called in CAS to deal with the compound, not a M72 LAW. Huh. I just figured America had the Patent Pending on going "WOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!" whenever doing anything loud or entertaining. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meach Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 No, it's the "high-five" that's the dead give away as to US troops 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoopSandwich Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 I saw this being discussed over at the wargamer.com forums. I didn't realize the U.S. had this 60mm hand held mortar but this link " http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/infantry/mortar/M224.html " shows that it does. here is a link to the thread " http://www.wargamer.com/forums/tm.aspx?m=351475 ". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyD Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 About 6:40 into the YouTube vid you can see that the weapon looks very much like the M224 mortar firing in hand-held mode. M224 can be set up both ways, bipod and hand-held. This is the fist video I've seen of it in hand-held operation. I've been hunting around the web trying to to find if the Canada fields the M224 or not. Its slim pickin's on the net re the topic of Canadian light mortars. There's still some question whether we're looking at Marines or Canadians. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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