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Originally Posted by HHI944 View Post
Roughly, the detonator requires a certain amount of airflow before it will charge. It's a safety feature put in place because of guys like the one pictured. If it weren't for that safety, he'd have killed/maimed his entire squad.
So what you're saying is that this was done at launch rather than landing? I enjoy things that go bang, but I get nervous when I'm on the wrong end of anything that is designed to propel metal very fast... I don't know what kind of cajones are needed to put my body in line with the working end of a mortar.

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