• D61 [any]@hexbear.net
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    8 months ago

    Can a truck’s chassis even take the recoil from a 120mm mortar? I’ve been parked next to a 120mm mortar in an M113 chassis before and watched it kick the hull into the ground every time it lobbed a basketball downrange.

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      8 months ago

      I think it’d need some hoist that lowers the baseplate onto the ground, but 105mm howitzers are being mounted on humvees with stabilizing jacks & I’ve gotta assume those generate a bunch more recoil

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        8 months ago

        I’ve heard of towed howies… gonna have to look up technical with big guns…

        Well, I’ll be…