Achmed gets to meet his 72 virgins

[Monica Lewinsky]

This video is made by one of the the bad guys over there. The cameraman is filming his "friend" as he launches mortar shots at American troops.

Little does Achmed know that new mortar shell tracking technology can track the trajectory of a hostile round and fire a retaliatory shot to precisely the spot from which the hostile shell was fired from. There is only one catch to the requirements. It requires the hostile mortar to fire 2 to 3 rounds. Make SURE you count the number of mortar rounds the masked insurgent fires in the video until he meets them virgins in another world.

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/...tar_Rounds.wmv

I've always wondered what you do with all them virgins.

[SteamWake]

Thats some stunning technology right there.

[nikimcbee]

So who says those virgins will be female. I think this guy will get 72 she-males, for his military prowess.:rotfl:

[A Very Super Market]

Given his crappy-looking equipment, I'd say that was his own round detonating inside the tube.


Or a joke vid.

[SandyCaesar]

Originally Posted by A Very Super Market

Given his crappy-looking equipment, I'd say that was his own round detonating inside the tube.


Or a joke vid.

That would have to be a hell of a mortar shell to blow up like that in the tube, considering its size (60mm-82mm). Joke vid, possible but unlikely.

And you have to remember, mortars are often quite crude-looking, but they get the job the job done. You only having to remember the IRA propane mortars, for instance.

[SteamWake]

I particurally enjoyed the manual aiming method

[SandyCaesar]

Ironic, wasn't it, how they were shouting "Allahu Akhbar" every time he fires a shot...well, until "Artillery Akhbar". Crack! Crack! Crack...BOOOM!

Still, when you consider transit time of the counterbattery fire, time needed to disseminate information, time needed to aim and fire, I have to say: good job for the CB guys.

Any chance of seeing this on Iranian State TV soon?:hmm:

[UnderseaLcpl]

Originally Posted by Monica Lewinsky

This video is made by one of the the bad guys over there. The cameraman is filming his "friend" as he launches mortar shots at American troops.

Little does Achmed know that new mortar shell tracking technology can track the trajectory of a hostile round and fire a retaliatory shot to precisely the spot from which the hostile shell was fired from. There is only one catch to the requirements. It requires the hostile mortar to fire 2 to 3 rounds. Make SURE you count the number of mortar rounds the masked insurgent fires in the video until he meets them virgins in another world.

http://learnabit.homeserver.com/lab/...tar_Rounds.wmv

I've always wondered what you do with all them virgins.

I have some serious doubts as to the accuracy of those statements.

First of all, counterbattery fire is directed by seperate, ground-based "firefinder" radar, not by guided shells. This is especially true in the case of a mortar round. There may be "smart" mortars in our arsenal, but rest assured that their functions do not include tracking hostile fire to determine and attack the P.O.O. (point of origin, terrible acronym ) They are simply too small, and lack sufficient "hang-time" to accquire a target, especially if that target had to fire more than once.

I'm inclined to believe that the blast in this video is either fake or came from an equipment malfunction, as A Very Super Market (whose name is a pain to type ), and a couple others seem to think.
The time between the first round fired and the detonation is way, way too short for a counterbattery attack. The information on shell trajectory has to be interpreted by the radar operator (automatic process showing a grid square on newer equipment) and then relayed, by radio, to the firing battery or mortar platoon. For the round to land directly on the guy, at least a 12-digit grid square would be needed. Then the information has to be sent to the firing computer, which will compute a solution for each firing position. Then the mortar or gun crew has to aim their weapon, and load if required, all before the target can be engaged.

Simply put, even if the target was accquired and the counterbattery crew was on standby with a loaded weapon (not possible with field artillery, which requires the additional information of which powder bag(s) to use), there is no way in hell that they could aim and fire in that amount of time, let alone the time needed for shell travel.

The insurgent in this vid was either hit by a direct-fire or aerial weapon, or his round cooked off, or the vid is a fake.

Still fun to watch, though.