Warzone/The Drive: Russian Commandos Are Getting "Silent" Mortars That Are As Quiet As A Suppressed Rifle
The weapons use special ammunition to eliminate smoke and flash during firing and keep noise to an absolute minimum.
Personnel at a forward operating base are patrolling the perimeter after dark when they hear a muffled popping sound in the distance. Soon after, small shells begin raining down on them and there’s no clear indication where the attackers are shooting from. They’ve just been on the receiving end of a 2B25 “silent” 82mm mortar.
This might sound like some sort of unlockable upgrade in a video game, but it’s an actual weapon system that Russian special operations forces, commonly referred to as spetsnaz, began receiving in 2018. Jane’s was first to learn that the Kremlin had begun fielding the specialized mortars from an unnamed individual at Russia’s Army 2018 defense exposition in August 2018.
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WNU Editor: Special forces/commandos and stealth go hand-in-hand. It looks like this mortar will accomplish it.