The Army’s latest effort to modernize its formation took shape on the training grounds of Hawaii last week, as soldiers tested a new “shoot and scoot” mobile mortar system designed to make units more agile in combat.

Members of the 35th Infantry Regiment simulated wartime scenarios and trained with the Scorpion Light 81mm mortar system for five days, beginning Oct. 20, according to a Wednesday news release from Global Military Products, the Florida-based company that makes the weapons.

The testing was part of the Army’s Transformation in Contact 2.0 program , an initiative that puts experimental weapons and vehicles into the hands of soldiers for feedback before the government fields those items at a large scale.

“The soldiers’ feedback was invaluable and further validated the system’

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