STRYKERS

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 10:22 am

Some fine images of Strykers in Afghanistan, incudinÃ¬ng the M1029-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dyFIO9ptXhY

Does someone know the scope of the "blunderbuss" attachment to the heavy mortar muzzle?

whoa Mohamed · Post by **whoa Mohamed** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 5:38 pm

Flash suppresor and muzzel brake

piersyf · Post by **piersyf** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 7:44 pm

Muzzle brake? Really? It doesn't direct gas back or to the sides, so how exactly would it reduce recoil? If anything, the gasses are encouraged forward...

Flash suppressor, sure. I'd even say it would prevent muzzle blast from coming back in to the crew compartment. I can't get my head around a muzzle brake, though, but I never used mortars, only howitzers...

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 8:27 pm

I agree with piersyf. Flash or blast suppressor to protect the crew but not a muzzle brake. Aside the shape a muzzle brake would send the gas back in the crew compartment.

Anyway is something connected to the use in a vehicle as the same mortar dont use it when on ground.

whoa Mohamed · Post by **whoa Mohamed** » Sun Jun 07, 2015 10:20 pm

Brutal I dont know was not a Mortarman it could only be one of the two I mentioned I figured Flash suppresser they use one on the 81mm too.Been around many times when fired a mission....Sheesh Guys im just a Medic lol...

piersyf · Post by **piersyf** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 6:00 am

Wasn't meant to be brutal... sorry if it sounded that way. A problem with written comms... I actually wasn't sure, just saying that it was not like any brakes I'd seen before (but I've been out of uniform a LONG TIME... things change).

If you look at normal mortars firing you see gasses pushed back down the outside of the tube, gasses bouncing back off the bottom of the projectile. The blunderbuss shape would allow that to happen but channel the gasses into a ball around the top of the barrel, and do so without changing the ballistics of the weapon. Keeps the crew from being pummeled when they fire. The shape is also very similar to the flash suppressors found on some automatic weapons.

TAMMY · Post by **TAMMY** » Mon Jun 08, 2015 3:45 pm

Search, search I have found it.

It is a BAD - Blast attenuator device. Its scope is to direct upward the blast effect, above the muzzle level of the mortar.

It is used boith on 120 and 81mm mortar and is screwed on the barrel.
It is not in universal use.. For example, in the above video the 81mm mortar on grouns does not have it.

About the effect of the blast you can see the crew usually bend bellow the muzzle level to protect themslelves