On Tue, 16 Dec 2008 08:06:16 -0500, "Floyd" wrote:

If you watch the timing of the projectile drop, it looks like the explosion
is actually from the round dropped into the mortar tube.

"John" wrote in message
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Anti-mortarr technology at work...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ikiy3TxGU
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John


Mortar rounds aren't armed until they leave the tube. The center of the
explosion appears to take place just behind the position of the man firing
the mortar. Here's an article that describes the activity.

http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/hta.../20051011.aspx
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John