Army Pfc. Kevin B. Mettler front, 22, and Pvt. Jason R. Pompa rear, 26, mortar gunners for Mortar Platoon, L Troop of the 4th Squadron, 2nd Stryker Cavalry Regiment, based in Vilseck, Germany, cover their ears as a long-range training round is fired out of a 120-mm mortar which has a maximum range of 6,800 meters. The training rounds have cartridges similar to 12-gauge shotgun shells at the top of each round that detonates a white flash upon impact instead of sending out shrapnel as a live mortar would.

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