12Alfa Posted August 31, 2018 Share Posted August 31, 2018 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted August 31, 2018 Members Share Posted August 31, 2018 ...but can you lift it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Alfa Posted August 31, 2018 Author Share Posted August 31, 2018 45 minutes ago, Ssnake said: ...but can you lift it? Not now due to my age, but when I was younger.....:) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12Alfa Posted October 18, 2018 Author Share Posted October 18, 2018 http://www.fmv.se/sv/Nyheter-och-press/Nyheter-fran-FMV/Rubrik/?fbclid=IwAR1w-UiMRMiesxbLaz8aaPiy6DtyzKq5JOD_wveQNVnjtuoVGQZ4eAujtgk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 On 9/1/2018 at 2:36 AM, 12Alfa said: Not now due to my age, but when I was younger.....:) I think that's a reference to it being named after somebody's hammer (select random Norse person). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marques Posted October 18, 2018 Share Posted October 18, 2018 what the hell is that? a nevelwerfer stile rocket launcher? four mortars in a row?.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKiloPapa Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 23 hours ago, marques said: what the hell is that? a nevelwerfer stile rocket launcher? four mortars in a row?.... No only 2.....the 2 tubes on top is used to manually reload the lower pair, which is the actual (muzzleloaded)mortar barrels. The Mjölner looks kind of cool and futuristic, but it really is a quite primitive system. Completely manual loading process with one loader per barrel, a manually traversed turret, limited to a firing arc of only 60 degrees in azimuth. And as far as i can tell no integrated fire control system like most other modern vehicle based mortar systems has. (could be wrong about that though) On the other hand its probably going to be reliable, cheap and easy to maintain. Plus it has a very respectable ammunition stowage capacity of 104 rounds. Still ... a little bit too much of a low-budget solution IMO. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marques Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 ah! curious. I can see some advantages of having two tubes firing in parallel, although it also prevents from doing fancier mortar shooting. the only thing I don´t get, if you have to muzzle load the mortars, ¿what´s the advantage of having them in a turret instead that in the traditional cargo compartment? Actually, that means that you have to load them completely unprotected, and furthermore, you may probably not be able to load them in many of the turret positions, isn´t it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 Pretty sure they are breech loading. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKiloPapa Posted October 19, 2018 Share Posted October 19, 2018 1 hour ago, Gibsonm said: Pretty sure they are breech loading. No...they are very much muzzleloaders, as can be seen in this video : Also if you look at the PDF on Mjölner on BAEs website, it clearly states that they are muzzle loaded. https://www.baesystems.com/en/product/mjolner 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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