At the top is the heavyweight 120mm mortar, a beast typically mounted in a tracked vehicle that blurs the line into true ...

PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J. (Dec. 1, 2011) -- Picatinny Arsenal recently received kudos from Soldiers by developing six out of 10 2010 Army Greatest Inventions. One of the inventions recognized was a ...

YUMA PROVING GROUND, AZ-- For versatility and power, the mortar has been a key indirect fire weapon for generations, and virtually every type and variant of mortar in the ground combat arsenal goes ...

The armoured vehicle skids to a halt in front of the trench and out bursts half a dozen Ukrainian soldiers. Within seconds, smoke grenades obscure the scene, and the sound of gunshots rips through the ...

Volodymyr Lobodiuk was 21 when he graduated from the National Ground Forces Academy in Lviv and joined the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Zakarpattia Brigade. Lobodiuk, still a very young officer, ...

Retaliating for the firing of mortars on Israeli troops near the border with Gaza, Israel Air Force aircraft destroyed a Hamas facility south of Gaza City. The strike Friday morning, in which a ...

Russia claimed that it captured a mortar battery in the so-called Donetsk People's Republic and turned the weapon in recruiting Ukrainian forces. The POV-style footage shows a Russian soldier on the ...

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Mortar fire from Islamic extremists has pummeled large parts of the Somali capital two nights this week, raising fears among residents of a return to the days of constant ...

Court documents allege that Reagan shot fireworks out of a mortar inside his apartment unit, which blew a hole through the ...