US Army to Mortar Supplies onto Troops

>>33279858
>In the near future

Brah taiwan and china had done that for the last 50 years

>>33279869
The article says mortar troops with supplies not HE.

>>33279877
Taiwan (and china) were shelling each others with pamphlets, food (especially candies) and even transistor radio, not just regular HE

That's basically where them kinmen knives came from

>>33279858
>Use the wrong mortar
>End up giving ISIS all your Charleston Chew

Fuck that

>>33279877
I just hope they're not firing them out of the same barrel. Lots that could go wrong there.

>>33279904
>using wrong mortar
That is why they are colored. How many blue shells do you think we hit the Taliban with?

>>33279908
A shit-ton, probably, considering the average grunt.

Supply delivery drones make sense for desperate circumstances, and a glider put up in the air by a mortar should be cheaper than a powered drone. My concern would be the small payload and short range means there aren't really that many situations it would be useful.

To me the best implementation of this idea would be to retrofit old M26A1/A2 rockets for the MLRS and HIMARS for this purpose. More range and a useful payload while using legacy equipment.

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>>33279911
>Bringing training rounds into the AOR

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>>33279917
I was under the impression that the USMil has been training the locals in the Middle-East for quite some time now.

>>33279923
You are now aware they are State Dept funded and have nothing to do with the DoD aside from advise and assist roles.

>>33279928
Who what now?

>>33279858
>logs of Copenhagen

Do people still use snuff

>>33279954
Of course. Especially easy in a military setting, since you can just lob it under your lip and go on with your business.

>>33279914
I have to agree - the shock and rapid acceleration of a mortar or artillery shell supply payload pretty much rules out effective transport of ammunition or complex foodstuffs or water. A rocket is a better option, and hopefully it's successful and spurs development of a light towed MRL so airborne forces and small COP's have some grid square removal options

>>33279858
>Imagine this: The year is 2018. You’re an American grunt. Your platoon is pinned down on the outskirts of Raqqa, encircled by jihadist forces. Supplies and ammunition are running low. Dangerously low. So you call in a mortar strike on your own position.

the only possible outcome is mortars supplying 81mm dragon dildos into that encircled unit because they're fucked 7 ways to sunday if mortars are their only chance at survival.

just use a fucking delivery drone

I feel like this is going to end up like Market Garden where it just ends up into the hands of the enemy

Thanks to the CIA ISIS is armed with mostly ARs these days so yeah....this will backfire.

>>33279858
grunts are too stupid for that shit.

>CAPTUN CAPTUN!

>WAS THE BLUE, RED, OR GREEN SHELL FOR GUUDIES?!

>>33282228
>just use a few hundred dollar and slow as fuck quadrocopter more equipped for flying in malls than whatever shithole.

You and your ideas are shit.

>>33282960

you mean the same ones armies already use for recon and even top down bombardment?

>>33282960
What are the marginal costs of using a drone compared to using mortar rounds though?

>>33284055
>GPS-guided hollow mortar round
Ah yes, never mind.