Jalpaiguri: The discovery of a mortar shell near the India-Bangladesh ... Further investigation revealed that the shell was fr-om the Indo-Pak War of 1971, fired by Pakistani forces.

This is the 2S4, a self-propelled version of the 240mm towed mortar first seen during World War II as the M240 ... There is a rocket assisted 240mm shell with a range of 20 kilometers by using a ...

Mark Kinsler reflects on a cardboard tube that was a case for a mortar round and is reminded that the WWII generation didn't always tell their stories ...