Morter rounds(sp)

[MERCY@GRACE]

How is it that those things can be heard 15-20 miles away and shake your whole house

 

[daveleau]

Wow. 120mm mortar rounds are the largest used. Their practice rounds likely have less HE (high explosive) than their regular rounds. I would think the effects would not be felt for more than a mile or so. When we drop 2000 lb bombs from high altitude in Utah or Nevada, there are homes within 15-20 miles or so. They would not allow us to drop them if the effects could be felt at these homes. 120mm mortar rounds are much much smaller and hold much much less HE than our 2000lb bombs. Are you sure it's not something else?

 

[MERCY@GRACE]

They actually sounded louder and closer when we lived off post (15min away). Now we can still here them, and they go off EVERY day. I'm pretty much used to it but every now and again it will wake me from my sleep. I was thinking last night, these sounds can't be a good sound for those getting back from IRAQ!

 

[Sybaris]

At 15-20 miles away I seriously doubt you are hearing mortar rounds.

 

[LostnFound]

I don't know what they are, but when I lived near Eglin AFB (ya know...last week!), the windows and dishes would rattle from whatever they were doing at the range! gggggrrrrr

By the way...we're at Tyndall now. 65 mile PCS! DONTCHALOVE the AF? hehehe

 

[MERCY@GRACE]

O.k, I feel really unintelligent now LOL! I asked dh about it again last night and he said it was artillery, and that they were no MR's on post! I coulda swore he said they were mortar rounds when I asked him a long time ago.

 

[Glaz]

<former artilleryman> Its so loud because the artillery is firing several guns on the same target, which means a whole bunch of rounds landing in the same place at approximately the same time. If its 155mm, then its going to be very loud and the sound will carry quite a ways. The gunline where the rounds are being fired is just as loud, and the earth is literally shaking from the recoil of the cannons. Takes a while, but you eventually learn to sleep like a baby through it

 

[daveleau]

If the terrain has no large obstructions between you and the guns or the targets, then that would cause the sound to carry a great ditance, as well.

 

[armyman_83]

Wow. 120mm mortar rounds are the largest used. Their practice rounds likely have less HE (high explosive) than their regular rounds. I would think the effects would not be felt for more than a mile or so. When we drop 2000 lb bombs from high altitude in Utah or Nevada, there are homes within 15-20 miles or so. They would not allow us to drop them if the effects could be felt at these homes. 120mm mortar rounds are much much smaller and hold much much less HE than our 2000lb bombs. Are you sure it's not something else?

For real man.

 

[Shown Much Mercy]

They actually sounded louder and closer when we lived off post (15min away). Now we can still here them, and they go off EVERY day. I'm pretty much used to it but every now and again it will wake me from my sleep. I was thinking last night, these sounds can't be a good sound for those getting back from IRAQ!

They sound even louder when the bad guys are dropping them on you! I think that was one of the most scariest times in my life. I dislike loud noise now and was not very good company this year at the fireworks. I could not wait to leave and go home.