Another IDF Spokesperson Snafu: 122mm Mortar Shells

I’m retracting what I said about the IDF spokesperson in my previous post about the amateurish Merkava Tank video. Apparently it IS often we bash them.

Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the past week, you know about the Klos-C cargo ship, intercepted by IDF in the Red Sea with Iranian arms on board.

Well today, after unloading it, the final arms tally is here:

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The problem?

There’s no such thing as a 122mm mortar shell.

There’s either a 120mm or a 152mm calibre mortar or mortar shell.

122mm calibre may apply to rockets, like the BM-21 “Grad”, or howitzer cannons like the D-30.

One of the photos published by the IDF clearly shows that these are indeed 120mm mortars shells (tucked beside the M-302 rocket):

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Compare with the previous Iranian weapons smuggling attempt on board the Victoria:

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The official IDF press release stated this incorrect fact, thereby being quoted by all the news outlets in Israel.

Imagine, if you will, a car manufacturer press release about a new car that gets the horsepower rating wrong. Or a historian that writes about an event but types the wrong year. This is unprofessional.

My 2 centsmillimeters.

Update: I’m right.

Another image, you can clearly see it said 120mm mortar HE

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Iran’s DIO (Defense Industries Organizaion) makes this type of mortar shell.

Also, Haaretz’a military correspondent just tweeted this:

Translation:

Okay, it turns out these were 120 mm mortars, and not as distributed by the army

8 thoughts on “Another IDF Spokesperson Snafu: 122mm Mortar Shells”

  1. This will be the start of some moonbat conspiracy theory, like the BBC reporter mistakenly reporting that WTC7 had already come down.

  2. This will be the start of some moonbat conspiracy theory, like the BBC reporter mistakenly reporting that WTC7 had already come down.

  3. Hard Little Machine

    More important to highlight the 50% lethality blast radius of a 120mm mortar which is about 100 meters on open clear ground.

  4. Hard Little Machine

    More important to highlight the 50% lethality blast radius of a 120mm mortar which is about 100 meters on open clear ground.

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