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Article: 3/2 SBCT and the countermortar fight in Mosul.(3d Brigade, 2d Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team)
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- FA Journal
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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On 3 September 2004, a military police (MP) platoon attached to 2d Battalion, 3d Infantry (2-3 IN) established a countermortar observation post (OP) in Mosul, a city of approximately 1.8 million people. The platoon saw a team of four members of the anti-Iraqi forces (AIF) in a yellow Volkswagen Passat fire three 60-mm mortar rounds at a nearby US forward operating base (FOB).
While the MP platoon engaged the AIF, another platoon maneuvered to the point of origin (POO) to assist. The AIF engaged the patrol with small arms fire but were immediately overwhelmed by superior firepower as the MP's crew-served weapons disabled the vehicle, killing one insurgent and ...