FORT BENNING, Ga. -- Day two of the three-day inaugural Best Mortar Competition here, Sunday, included live-fire of the 60mm mortar. Sgt. 1st Class Jason Smail, a range safety officer, explained the ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- The Pentagon has expanded a temporary ban to prohibit the military from firing any 60mm mortar rounds until an investigation determines them to be safe. HAWTHORNE, Nev. (AP) -- ...

LAGHMAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan (Jan. 13, 2014) -- It may be small, but a 60mm mortar round has a blast radius of over 20 meters and can be fired at enemies three and a half kilometers away. The M224 ...

DULLES, Va., Oct. 28 (UPI) --Orbital ATK's M1061 60mm mortar cartridge has received full materiel release approval by the U.S. Army's Joint Munitions Command, the company said Thursday. Full materiel ...

Dec. 28 (UPI) --Medico Industries has been awarded a $191 million contract by the U.S. Army to manufacture and deliver 60mm and 81mm high fragmentation and non-high fragmentation mortar shell bodies.

DULLES, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Orbital ATK (NYSE: OA), a global leader in aerospace and defense technologies, announced today that the U.S. Joint Munitions Command has approved full materiel release ...

Marines continue mortar use in war; investigate system failure in Nevada Marine Corps officials said Wednesday they will continue to let units in Afghanistan use 60 mm mortars but maintain the ...

HAWTHORNE, Nev. — A mortar shell explosion killed seven Marines and injured a half-dozen more during mountain warfare training in Nevada's high desert, prompting the Pentagon to immediately halt the ...