Title: Mortar bomb embedded in concrete surface
Description1:
The visible tail fin unit of the mortar bomb is indicative that it was fired and did not explode upon impact. Mortar bombs when fired, can ascend to heights up to 1000m before descending onto the target. When fired at shallower/lower angles, mortar bombs will have further reach, but will descend at a shallower angle. If the target is concealed behind an obstacle (E.g. Wall, hill), a steeper firing angle is typically used to allow the mortar bomb to descend at a steeper angle, as if it were descending directly straight down onto the target. Due to the mortar system's functioning method requiring fairly precise measurements to fit centrally down the launch tube, as well as to trap maximum propellant gases for efficiency, the tail fin unit and mortar bomb body diameters are typically the same. Thus in situations like these, measuring the diameter of the embedded tail fin unit can provide the responder useful information on the most likely explosive payload buried underground.
Location: Iraq, Mosul, Al-Shuhadaa Park
Date: 9 July 2018
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- Image Type:
- JPG: Colour, Black & White | TIFF: Colour, Black & White
- Resolution:
- 330 PPI
- Image Size:
- 7952 (W) x 5304 (H) pixels
- Colour Space:
- JPG: sRGB | TIFF: Adobe RGB
- File Size:
- Colour: JPG 33.2 MB, TIFF 135.7 MB | Black & White: JPG 16.8 MB, TIFF 135.7 MB
- Date Created:
- 9 July 2018
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- Creator:
- George Tan