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Meet The Best Mortar Team In The US Army

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.
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This Is The Mortar System That’s Been Dropping Rounds On The Taliban For The Last 16 Years

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Meet The Best Mortar Team In The US Army

Drew Brooks, The Fayetteville Observer, N.C.

U.S. Army Pfc. Philip Price, of St. Paul, Minn., prepares to hand an 81mm mortar round to Pfc. Derek Kilbourne of Spokane, Wash., while Pfc. Chris Snyder, a native of Harrisburg, Pa., stands by to fire the M252 81 mm mortar system during a fire mission at Combat Outpost Kherwar, Logar province, Afghanistan, Aug. 6, 2012.

This Is The Mortar System That’s Been Dropping Rounds On The Taliban For The Last 16 Years

James Clark