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U.S. Marines with 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division, conduct a fire mission with a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during an Expeditionary Advance Base Operation exercise at the Northern Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, June 18, 2020. This 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment-led exercise also features participation from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion and HIMARS from 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment.

 

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75th Field Artillery Brigade

 

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Battle Group Poland conducts Bull Run 12

 

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An AH-64 Apache from A Company, 1-3rd Attack Reconnaissance Battalion, 12th Combat Aviation Brigade engages targets downrange with its 30 mm cannon during aerial gunnery tables at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, on Mar. 4, 2020. U.S. Army photo by Maj. Robert Fellingham

 

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Soldiers from 1st Battalion, 21st Infantry Regiment (Gimlets), 2 IBCT, 25th Infantry Division deployed to Kahuku Training Area Oahu, Hawaii to conduct company evaluations in movement to contact, attack and defence operations.

 

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Jungle Operations Training Course (JOTC) at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

 

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U.S. soldiers fire illumination rounds from a 120 mm mortar during combat readiness training at the Al-Tanf Garrison in Syria (June, 2020)

 

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US Army conducting operational experiments to observe, collect, and analyze the feasibility of integrating UGV into ground combat formations at Ft.Carson. Jul 2020

 

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AH-6s carry Delta Force members over Mogadishu, Somalia, during Operation Gothic Serpent. 4 Oct 1993.

 

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May 23, 2018. Staff Sgt. Geoffrey Gilmer, 96th Civil Engineer Squadron, connects a clip to exposed wires near a potential improvised explosive device May 21 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The IED was part of an explosive ordnance disposal demonstration for Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

 

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A U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules from the 75th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron (EAS) onloads cargo in Somalia …

 

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US Army soldiers fire an M1 Abrams Main Battle Tank during a Live Fire and Screening Training exercise as part of Phase II of DEFENDER Europe

 

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M1A2 vs M1A2 - friendly fire

On July 20, 2020, a friendly fire incident occurred at one of the training grounds of the US Army during an exercise at Fort Bliss. The platoon command tank fired the MPAT at 2600m at platoon tank #3 confusing it with a moving target. The round hit the loaders sponson and followed the hull up to the CITV unit. The CITV was dislodged and and struck the tank commanders periscope, sending shrapnel through the interior. As a result of the incident, the loader was seriously wounded.

The loader has sustained shrapnel injuries to the chest resulting in a collapsed lung and the loss of several fingers of his left hand.

The crew are lucky the round fired was an MPAT and not SABOT or the outcome would have been completely different

 

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U.S. Army Green berets assigned to the 1st Battalion, 10th Special Forces Group prepare to breach and enter a building, as part of Close Quarter Battle (CQB) training, May 5, 2020. Local missions are designed to maintain proficiency. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Thomas Mort)

 

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The 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team “Greywolf,” 1st Cavalry Division, is the first to receive new M1A2C Abrams

 

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2017, The Special Operations Surgical Team, including Lt. Col. (Dr.) Benjamin Mitchell, poses at a forward location. Lt. Col. Mathew Uber, Maj. (Dr.) Justin Manley, Maj. Nelson Pacheco, Capt. Cade Reedy and Tech. Sgt. Richard Holguin are part of Mitchell’s SOST. (Courtesy photo)

Four hundred fourteen trauma evaluations, 141 gunshot wounds, 270 blast injuries, 102 damage-control resuscitations, 51 chest tubes, 21 intubations and 15 urgent surgical operations…for some this may be a list of numbers and medical jargon.

For others, it meant life instead of death.

This is the direct impact Lt. Col. (Dr.) Benjamin Mitchell, an emergency medicine physician assigned to a Special Operations Surgical Team, had as the primary care provider during deployments in support of operations Inherent Resolve, Resolute Support and Enduring Freedom.

Special Operations Surgical Teams are Air Force teams of mobile surgical specialists with advanced medical and tactics training, employed in austere or hostile areas where there is little to no other surgical support. These teams train to save lives within the golden hour, and are placed close to the battle outside of any established healthcare facilities—reducing time between injury and care.
https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Dis...m-doctor-to-receive-jackson-foundation-award/

 

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MPAT
The crew are lucky the round fired was an MPAT and not SABOT or the outcome would have been completely different

in all sources i found it was M1002 aka TPMP-T aka Inert MPAT so training round without explosive charge.