Quote Originally Posted by Kombucha
Firstly, guerilla warfare will rarely allow for the use of any kind of artillery or mortars. Secondly, how is someone on a phone supposed to direct mortars? Thirdly, the phone might look suspicious, but a fuck off cannon in the middle of the street will.
I respect your opinion Kombucha, but it is very clear that you don't know much about warfare or what is really going down in Iraq. The insurgents use mortars daily to attack our troops, because they can shoot from concealed positions. The person on the cellphone is talking to someone on the mortar team. He gives them target updates and corrects their fire to get it on target. It is really quite simple. For example, if rounds are landing to the right of your target tell the guys to shoot a little left and you correct their fire until they get on target. Mortars can be setup and shooting in minutes and you will not see them when they are shooting at you. Therefore you kill the guy with the phone(forward observer) as he is the eyes of the mortar team and they are shooting blind without an observer. Understand????