Jim Moore's Link
"""After the bipod was damaged in an attack, this soldier picked up the 110-pound mortar tube and fired 75 accurate rounds.
On July 31, 2007, soldiers with the Army’s 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment at Vehicle Patrol Base Seray in Chowkay Valley, Afghanistan, came under heavy attack.
Staff Sgt. Christopher Upp led a small group of soldiers toward the mortar pit where the platoon’s 120mm mortar was positioned. Because of the weapon’s range — 7,200 meters — and its ability to fire devastating rounds without line of sight, the mortar and the men manning it became targets.
During the attack an enemy mortar round hit near the pit, killing 1st Lt. Benjamin Hall.
As the mortarmen ran toward the firing pit they were forced to the ground more than once by enemy small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenades. Once they reached the weapon system, a rocket-propelled grenade exploded nearby, damaging the mortar’s bipod. Shrapnel from the explosion tore a deep gash in Upp’s left forearm — the wound required 17 stitches.
With the bipod damaged, Upp had to use his hands, and later his shoulders when the weapon became too hot, to heft the 110-pound cannon."""
Story goes on to how he was aiming this thing by hand. I shake my head sometimes when I read these things.