File:Live Mortar Firing Exercise MOD 45162617.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionLive Mortar Firing Exercise MOD 45162617.jpg |
English: Pictured are rows of 'Greenie' Mortar Bomb carriers holding their rounds ready for firing.
The photograph was taken when members of 2nd Battalion, Royal Anglian Regiment, part of the 7th Armoured Brigade took part in a live mortar firing exercise. They are using the 81mm (L16) Mortar, the standard mortar used by British Armed Forces. In UK armoured/mechanised infantry battalions, the L16 mortar is mounted in an FV 432 AFV (six per battalion mortar platoon). British army light role infantry battalions and the Royal Marines may transport their mortars in BvS 10 vehicles (the replacement for the Bv 206). Otherwise, it is carried disassembled in three loads, (barrel, baseplate and bipod with sights, each approximately 11 kg), normally carried by a vehicle or helicopter and assembled for firing from the ground. The weapon can be man-packed by the mortar detachment, but this is an arduous task and is preferably avoided. The ammunition in this case would be carried by other soldiers of the battalion. In addition to their normal equipment, each soldier would carry four bombs in a pair of two-bomb, plastic containers (known as greenies in the British Army).
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Author | Stuart A Hill AMS |
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Camera manufacturer | NIKON CORPORATION |
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Camera model | NIKON D3X |
Author | Stuart A Hill AMS |
Exposure time | 1/250 sec (0.004) |
F-number | f/5.6 |
ISO speed rating | 100 |
Date and time of data generation | 08:44, 7 June 2017 |
Lens focal length | 200 mm |
Label | Select |
Headline | Live Mortar Firing Exercise |
Credit/Provider | MoD/Crown copyright 2017 |
Source | MOD |
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City shown | Waterloo Lines |
Orientation | Normal |
Horizontal resolution | 300 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 300 dpi |
Software used | Ver.1.02 |
File change date and time | 13:33, 12 June 2017 |
Exposure Program | Aperture priority |
Exif version | 2.21 |
Date and time of digitizing | 08:43, 7 June 2017 |
APEX shutter speed | 7.965784 |
APEX aperture | 4.970854 |
APEX exposure bias | 0.33333333333333 |
Maximum land aperture | 3 APEX (f/2.83) |
Metering mode | Pattern |
Light source | Unknown |
Flash | Flash did not fire |
DateTimeOriginal subseconds | 66 |
Color space | 2 |
Sensing method | One-chip color area sensor |
File source | Digital still camera |
Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | Normal process |
Exposure mode | Auto exposure |
White balance | Auto white balance |
Digital zoom ratio | 1 |
Focal length in 35 mm film | 200 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Scene control | None |
Contrast | Normal |
Saturation | Normal |
Sharpness | Normal |
Subject distance range | Unknown |
Serial number of camera | 5025454 |
Lens used | 80.0-200.0 mm f/2.8 |
Image width | 5,814 px |
Image height | 3,840 px |
Date metadata was last modified | 15:22, 12 June 2017 |
Rating (out of 5) | 0 |
Category | MOD |
Writer | Harland Quarrington |
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Unique ID of original document | A0C1260F414357AD3486C0AC6B8A2F34 |
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Copyright status | Copyrighted |
Contact information | Stuart.hill@aspiredefence.co.uk
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Province or state shown | Warminster |
Country shown | UK |
IIM version | 2 |
Fixture name | Free |