Mortars

(January 2nd - Combat Stats & Records)
(OKH) The german army reported today that they had fresh reports on mortar kills from the battlefield. Infantry armed with a light mortar have seen action during 24 776 sorties and less then a third of the mortars could return to base, almost 7 out of ten died during combat and the average time spent on mission was 5 minutes. They reported 9207 confirmed kills since war broke out on the western front, 9 174 on enemy land units, 28 aircrafts and 5 enemy ships, including a french destroyer (the only confirmed mortar kill on a warship this far). Among the top 10 mortarmen on the battlefield 7 are from the german army and 3 from the french, the #1 is Oberstleutnant Swiftcut who also holds the #1 Top Killer ranking.
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