I've got a question for the man panel here at Kit Up! American 11C (Mortar Maggots) fire the 81mm mortar, but we use a BAD, or Blast Attenuation Device, which is attached to the muzzle of the tube. The BAD is basically a metal cone that helps deflect the blast of the round up and out, sparing the mortar crew some of the flash and overpressure. On the other hand, our British counterparts never seem to have the BAD on their tubes. Does anyone know why? This isn't a trick question or anything, I'm really curious to find out why!
*Update to show the effects of the BAD:
![Members of Bashar Assad's army line up to register with Syrian rebels in Damascus, Syria.](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Syria_93981.jpg?itok=KtmjProB "Members of Bashar Assad's army, or a pro-government militia, line up to register with Syrian rebels as part of an "identification and reconciliation process" in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)")
![A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship Esbern Snare.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2024-12/ApNewsroom_Cyprus_Syria_83465.jpg?itok=FpC0C1Xo "FILE - A Danish soldier onboard the Danish warship "Esbern Snare" as the Danish cargo ship Ark Futura, background, transports Syria's dangerous chemical weapons out of the strife-torn country, out of Cyprus coastal city of Larnaca, on Tuesday, May 13, 2014. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)")
