DefenceTalkForward observers, who are experts in directing artillery and mortar fire onto enemy targets, hit the mark in testing a new piece of targeting equipment here recently. “Black Falcon” Soldiers of Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2nd Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, put their hands on the Joint Effects Targeting System (JETS) — a modular, portable, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/black-falcons-test-advanced-modular-all-weather-targeting-system-70359/

DefenceTalkThe Army has closed its initial solicitation phase for designs to create a next generation precision mortar that will allow Soldiers to put their rounds on target with extreme accuracy. The 120 mm high explosive guided mortar, or HEGM program, is intended to replace the current precision-guided HE mortar, the accelerated precision mortar initiative or […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-developing-laser-guided-precision-mortar-69383/

DefenceTalkThe Watervliet Arsenal announced this week that it has received a $4.6 million contract to start a new product line for the 81mm mortar system that will help reduce an infantryman’s fatigue and movement time over a cross-country route. This next generation of an 81mm mortar bipod is a continuation of the Army’s effort to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/new-mortar-system-lighten-the-load-for-us-soldiers-66843/

DefenceTalkYAKIMA TRAINING CENTER: Waiting. Soldiers scan the expansive, arid range, ready to fire, waiting for two magic words – “fire mission!” Until then, they wait, preparing their equipment and thinking about the task at hand. They stand ready to bombard the range with accurate 120-millimeter mortar strikes at targets 6,000 meters away. Soldiers, from 4th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/mortar-training-prepares-soldiers-for-exercise-rising-thunder-65492/

DefenceTalkThe Army hopes the 120mm Guided Enhanced Fragmentation Mortar further improves Soldiers’ ability to put artillery on target. During DOD Lab Day at the Pentagon, May 14, multiple researchers from throughout the Army were available to demonstrate their projects, including Nickolas B. Baldwin, a researcher and mechanical engineer with the Armament Research Development and Engineering […]https://www.defencetalk.com/smart-mortar-will-help-soldiers-more-effectively-hit-targets-64291/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army’s Benét Laboratories, which is collocated on the Watervliet Arsenal, recently announced that it has achieved a significant milestone in the research and development of an extended-range 120mm mortar ballistic test cannon that if fielded, will greatly increase the survivability of U.S. infantrymen. “After several years of research and design, we now have […]https://www.defencetalk.com/armys-benet-laboratories-develops-120mm-mortar-test-system-62921/

DefenceTalkThe Lebanese army received a shipment of US weapons on Sunday, an embassy official told AFP, to help in the fight against jihadists who have staged incursions from Syria. “The Lebanese military received 72 M198 power supply (howitzers), and more than 25 million rounds of artillery, mortar and rifle ammunition,” the official said on condition […]https://www.defencetalk.com/lebanon-receives-us-artillery-ammunition-62801/

DefenceTalkIsrael Aerospace Industries (IAI) presents Green Rock – a mobile autonomous tactical counter Rocket, Artillery & Mortar (C-RAM) system. This system was delivered to the Israel Defense Forces and named Wind Shield by the IDF. The system will be on display at the Eurosatory exhibition being held between June 16-20 in Paris, France (at IAI’s […]https://www.defencetalk.com/iai-presents-mobile-counter-rocket-artillery-mortar-radar-system-at-eurosatory-59838/

DefenceTalkThe United States infantry has some of the finest mortar systems in the world. They are lightweight, have great range, and provide a significant amount of lethal and destructive fire to close-range combat. And so, why would anyone think about tweaking something that has already been proven very capable in training and in combat? “It […]https://www.defencetalk.com/benet-labs-mortar-redesign-to-help-infantrymen-become-more-lethal-safer-59120/

DefenceTalkThe temperatures may have been cold here last week, but Thompson Hill Complex was hot as about 70 Soldiers from B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., performed live-fire Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar training. The Soldiers, who are a mix of Air Defense Artillery, known as ADA, military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/avenger-crew-members-transition-to-c-ram-58785/