Combat
Thai mortar team setting baseplate
Cell phone footage recorded by Thai troops shows a mortar team establishing their firing position. The first round fired through a mortar tube is used to set the baseplate into the ground, which enables more accurate follow on shots. The difference between this group and other videos showing Cambodian mortar teams is pretty large. While this group looks like just about any standard professional modern military fighting force, the Cambodian mortar teams look like a group of rebel fighters in Myanmar. From the footage coming out of the region, I believe if Cambodia presses their luck and continues to try and fight Thailand in a ground war, their professional military will be defeated pretty fast.
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