State-of-the-art Mortar Tested by the Defense Forces

July 17 was a “historic day” for the Hungarian Defense Forces, as a live firing exercise with the Hirtenberger M12 mortar was held at the Bakonykúti shooting range (in western Hungary) to mark the end of five months of training. Sergeant Major Gábor Karkus told Honvedelem.hu that the Defense Forces got acquainted with this mortar in February, “after which the Austrian company’s trainers prepared the Hungarian soldiers who are now making their debut as operators’ trainers in an internal trainer program.”

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