Marines of 36 OBRMP hit occupiers from the American M224 mortar (VIDEO)

American M224 mortar
American M224 mortar
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Kostiantyn Golubtsov

Kostiantyn Golubtsov

Published: June 15 2022 at 10:10 am
Source: myukraineis.org

Marines of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilinsky demonstrated the effective use of the American M224 mortar. In the comments, users suggested that the occupiers, hearing the sound of a drone, began to flee. However, they were still overtaken by a mortar.

The video was published on the Facebook page of the first military radio station of Ukraine Army FM.

In the comments, users suggested that the occupiers, hearing the sound of a drone, began to flee. However, they were still overtaken by a mortar.

M224 - American light 60-mm mortar, which is in service with the US Army and Marine Corps:

  • has an improved barrel and sight for shooting at night;
  • the ammunition includes feathered fragmentation (high-explosive), lighting, smoke, practical (training) mines;
  • feature of new mines - electronic-mechanical detonator; in addition, the use of old mines is possible;
  • its maximum firing range is 3,500 m.

About 36 OBrMP

The 36th Separate Marine Brigade named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky is a unit of the Ukrainian Marines. Formed in 2015 on the basis of military units withdrawn from the occupied Crimea. In 2019, the brigade was named after Rear Admiral Mykhailo Bilynsky, who was the organizer and commander of the Marine Division of the Directory of the Ukrainian People's Republic during the Ukrainian Revolution of the early twentieth century.

On April 13, as a result of the Russian invasion, units of the 36th Separate Marine Brigade managed to join forces with the Azov Regiment on the territory of the Azovstal metallurgical plant and continue to defend the plant.


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