Prowordsmith Wrote:
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> Not having been in the military (I was a kid when
> my Dad was in the Signal Corps overseas after the
> Normandy Landing) that tube for the mortar looks
> really long. I am assuming they were firing some
> sort of dummy shells and bombarding Alna itself...
I believe that the mortar rounds were made from plastic beverage bottles containing a black powder charge. I was pretty amazed at how far downrange those things went!
/Kevin Madore