July 26, 2012: After over a decade of screwing around and dithering the U.S. Army finally got guided (APMI) 120mm mortar shells into combat. A year ago some APMI shells were fired in Afghanistan and ...

January 15, 2023: The U.S. Army has developed a new use for its M120A1 towed 120mm mortar. Rather than towing this Israeli-designed M120A1 lightweight mortar, the new version (called Sling system) ...

Mortars are one of the oldest forms of artillery, evolving from devices that fired stone projectiles a few hundred meters to become a mainstay of any modern army's arsenal. Benét Laboratories is ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --Saab has launched a new 120mm mortar round, which increases the effectiveness of round fragmentation, the company announced on Tuesday. The round is the Thor by Saab Bofors Dynamics ...

The U.S. Army wants to replace its current mounted and towed 120mm mortars with new systems that will shoot farther and offer protection for mounted crews. Army officials from Product Manager ...

ST Engineering is working with Emirati company International Golden Group (IGG) to market its 120mm Ground Deployed Advanced Mortar System (GDAMS) in the region. ST Engineering’s tie-up with IGG will ...

The US Marines hosted Marine Day this weekend in New York City, where they held demonstrations and showed off some of their vehicles and weapons. One weapon on display was a 120 mm mortar system — the ...

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A key feature of TREMOS (Traditional REborn Mortar System) is that it can be rapidly fitted to another platform. After the demonstration in Finland, TREMOS is going to Sweden to be fitted and fired ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 9 (UPI) -- General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems in Florida will supply the U.S. Marines with 120mm mortar rounds under a contract worth as much as $199 million.

Rheinmetall is supplying Ukraine with additional Leopard 1A5 tanks, Bergepanzer 2 recovery vehicles, and driver training tanks, financed by Germany. Specifically, the delivery includes 25 Leopard 1A5 ...