Head over to Scalawag’s and check out the picture there. Scalawag thinks it’s a mortar, but I’m not sure it’s not a rocket. The shape isn’t consistent with a mortar shell, which usually tend to have a raindrop shape. Those fins at the end probably fold back for flight stabilization. It’s not inconsistent with other rockets that work the same way, and in the front it looks like there might be a clear window for an IR or laser guidance package. It’s definitely not an RPG, but it might be some other type of rocket.
I wonder if it’s a movie prop.
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August 21st, 2007 at 10:48 pm
I’d go with an 81mm mortar round. Probably one of the special rounds like an air burst or anti-armor
August 21st, 2007 at 10:55 pm
I think you guys might be right. If you look at what one would look like if the fuse were removed, it would look kind of like that. I’m thinking it looks similar to an M301A2 mortar shell if you took the fuse off of it. His hand is covered the part that would say more certainly.