Thread: British 4.2-inch Heavy Mortar
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Old 10-06-06, 22:53
Garry Shipton (RIP) Garry Shipton (RIP) is offline
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Default Speaking of mortor shells
The scene in Saving Private Ryan where they're in the shellhole on the street and they are smacking the bottom of the shells against the baseplate then throwing them.Is this factual and was it a well known tactic?
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