Latvian Army CUCV military vehicle seen with M1943 120mm mortar, 2014 period.
Posted by Sad-Commission2027@reddit | shittytechnicals | View on Reddit | 15 comments
PaintingPleasant@reddit
What manufacturer is this?
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
That's 120 Krh/40 mortar, not a M1943.
RunkkuTunkku74@reddit
Tampella mainittu!
ChornWork2@reddit
For parade purposes, right? no way that truck can handle mortar being fired from it.
Fuze_KapkanMain@reddit
You seen the Middle East
LtKavaleriya@reddit
In Soviet/Post Soviet armies 120mm mortars are usually transported in trucks (traditionally GAZ-66), often assembled for some reason, but not actually fired from it.
MasterManufacturer72@reddit
The truck structually would be fine but i imagine it wouldnt be very accurate given that you gotta wait 5 minutes for the thing to stop bouncing around.
Plump_Apparatus@reddit
Eh, no it wouldn't. That mortar is going to generate 30+ tons of recoil force when fired at full charge. It would taco that truck. There is a reason why most mortar carriers lower the weapon so that baseplate is dug in on the ground before firing.
81gtv6@reddit
I still have a key for those. All of the Army ones used the same keys.
LateralThinkerer@reddit
If a HMMVW is a "Humvee", how do you pronounce CUCV?
Amberionik@reddit
Cuckvee
Amazing_Working_6157@reddit
Other than it being green, it looks exactly like my dad's truck, the first automobile I've ever drove (that one was brown).
DirtyDoucher1991@reddit
I had the k5 CUCV, the 6.2 was a total pig.
ShotgunEd1897@reddit
That engine is in my daily, an '86 K20 Silverado.
DirtyDoucher1991@reddit
The 6.5 turbo with 4l80 has been a lot more enjoyable for me if you come across one.