Mortar Crew Trainer: How Crew Training Works
What a mortar crew trainer models, which training tasks it covers and how an instructor controls a session, using VARTA as an example.
Mortar crew training requires both individual practice and coordinated work by the entire crew. A mortar crew trainer provides a controlled environment for repeating exercises and analyzing results without expending ammunition or barrel resource.
The VARTA training system supports preparation for 82 mm and 120 mm mortars. The complex combines work with a training mock-up, software simulation and instructor-control tools.
What a mortar crew practices on the trainer
The trainer reproduces the sequence of crew training rather than an isolated exercise. The crew can practice visual reconnaissance and identification of ground targets, laying, training fire missions and interaction between crew members.
Particular attention is given to crew coordination. Repeating scenarios in controlled conditions lets the instructor assess both the final result and the crew’s actions during training.
The trainer can also model different training conditions, including work from concealed firing positions, tasks with moving targets and night exercises.
Training for 82 mm and 120 mm mortars
VARTA provides configurations for training crews on 82 mm and 120 mm mortars. The training mock-up reproduces the relevant mortar’s mass, dimensions and ergonomics, while the exact complex composition depends on its configuration.
This approach combines the crew’s physical work with a software-modeled training environment. Repeating exercises does not require live ammunition or additional barrel wear.
How training fire is modeled
The software component models the result of the crew’s actions and supports training fire missions in different scenarios.
The system includes ballistic calculation of the mine’s trajectory according to official firing tables, accounting for derivation and meteo-ballistic conditions. These factors can be included in a training scenario without live fire.
The trainer does not replace every form of practical training. Its role is to provide an environment where an exercise can be repeated, varied and reviewed before moving to other training stages.
The instructor’s role in training
The instructor manages the training scenario, controls the session and analyzes the exercise result.
This distinguishes trainer-based preparation from simply reproducing virtual fire. The system is used as a teaching tool: the exercise conditions are set, the crew performs it, the result is analyzed and the exercise can be repeated.
This allows training to progress from individual actions to coordinated mortar-crew work.
The VARTA mortar crew trainer
The VARTA.SYSTEMS mortar crew trainer combines a mortar training mock-up, software environment and tools for conducting and controlling an exercise in one complex.
The system is intended for training crews on 82 mm and 120 mm mortars and for practicing training fire missions and crew coordination without expending ammunition.
The complex can also integrate with other VARTA training systems for joint training scenarios.
Frequently asked questions
It is used to train mortar crews, repeat training fire missions and practice coordinated crew actions.
