French Soldiers • Fire 120mm Mortars

Here are French Soldiers, from the French 68th African Artillery Regiment, Setting and Firing 120mm Mortars

This footage was recorded during Exercise Dynamic Front 18 at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany. #Military #Weapons

The MO-120-RT is a heavy mortar of French origin. It was designed by Thomson-Brandt. The RT in the designator stands for rayé, tracté which means rifled, towed.

The RT-61 uses standard #NATO rounds as well as the specially designed PR-14 (H,E,) and the P,R,P,A (H,E,R,A). The weapon can be fired either by dropping the round down the tube (after aligning of the rifling bands) resulting in an automatic firing once the bomb hits the tube base, or by a controlled firing by dropping the bomb down the tube and pulling on a lanyard that will in turn set off the triggering mechanism in the base of the tube.

The MO-120 RT-61 is issued to artillery units, where it augments the 155 mm towed artillery.

Its is also produced under licence by Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Brazil, Japan and Turkey.

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Credit to : Staff Sgt. Michael Sword - NATO Allied Rapid Reaction Corps