Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment

This manual, "Airdrop of Supplies and Equipment: Rigging Mortars" (FM 10-500-45), is designed to be used by all parachute riggers. It tells and shows how to rig the 120-millimeter mortar in the trailer-mounted configuration with a 1 1/4 ton HMMWV-series truck for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, or C-5 aircraft. This manual also show the 120-millimeter mortar rigged in a 1 1/4 -ton HMMWV-series truck for low-velocity airdrop from a C-130, C-141, or C-5 aircraft.