Evacuating the wounded from the front lines in Moebye. Photo courtesy of Free Burma Rangers (FBR). “Help us Lord Jesus” was our constant prayer throughout the Moebye battle,” wrote David Eubank, head of Free Burma Rangers, a faith-based aid mission working on the frontlines of Burma’s war for over twenty years. “Mortars and 105mm howitzers fired repeatedly at our casualty collection point (CCP). The speed and sound of the cannon firing and the boom of impact gave no warning.” Airstrikes can sometimes be anticipated by the pitch change in a diving plane. Mortars follow a looping trajectory—harder to track—but, “you can sometimes hear it being fired and then have a few seconds before it impacts.” Howitzers are different. “The firing and impact of a…
Click here to read the full article at The Gateway Pundit.
