Lessons of Mortar Use During The Ukrainian Fight Against Russian Aggression

Few weapons have maintained their relevancy throughout the decades than the mortar. Reliable, cheap, and lethal, the mortar maintains its position as must-have for many forces world-wide. One has to only look at the Ukrainian conflict to validate its relevancy. In this piece Pavlo Khoma, Ukrainian defence expert, delves into the use of the mortar by both sides sharing both insights and trends.

Key takeaways:

• While the mortar remains a simple straight forward system there is a lot of potential for its use
• The Ukrainians have leveraged their technology such as special apps to effectively use mortars
• While not all lessons from the conflict are universal, certain lessons, such as the importance of shoot-and-scoot are

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