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Fire on the Mountain - a moment of Gunner Zen

By The Armorer on February 1, 2011 | | Comments (4)

A 120 mm mortar round flies out of the tube as U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ramey J. Brown (left), a section sergeant from Marshville, N.C., Spc. Tyler L. Dillon (center), a team leader from Williamstown, W.Va., and Pvt. Gabriel C. Fields (right), from Fort Worth, Texas, all mortarmen assigned to Troop C, 1st Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Bandit, take cover while at Observation Post Mustang in eastern Afghanistan’s Kunar province on Jan. 26. “It gets pretty intense sometimes when firing, especially if a firefight is going on,” said Dillon. Photo by Staff Sgt. Mark Burrell

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By PrimEvil on February 1, 2011 9:53 AM
 Great action pic. Hit the shutter button at just the right moment. Worthy of a Pullet-zer prize.
 
By Mark Matis on February 1, 2011 3:14 PM
Nah.  One can only get the Pullet Surprise if it hits a chicken on the way to home plate.
 
By Annabelle on February 1, 2011 8:51 PM
Another awesome pic by Mark Burrell.  Man is simply amazing.
 
By emdfl on February 2, 2011 9:07 AM
Got to pull the cord on the old 4.2" mortar a couple of times. You could see those flat based shells until they turned over up at their apogee .