Shooting mortar shells on the ground

[TheBeardedBurglar]

Is there a way to shoot mortar shells or anything like that in the ground with just normal firearms?

[Neopolitan]

If a colonist is drafted you can select their weapon at the bottom, entering a "forced target" like command once you click on something else. This allows you to shoot walls, a specific person, or things like mortar shells and landmines.

[Raymond]

yes but very difficult and generally not worth it. You are much better off with an incindary launcher and even then, still rng.

[Bozobub]

Originally posted by BeardedBurglar:

Is there a way to shoot mortar shells or anything like that in the ground with just normal firearms?

Not without a mod, no. And it totally breaks realism; who carries around a gun with a bore of 120mm or so..? For other "man-portable" weapons the advice you got here, however, is good.

[Kittenpox]

It's interesting to see the multiple interpretations of this question - one being "there are mortar shells on the ground, can I hit them by firing my handgun towards them?",
and the other being "can I fit these mortar shells into a handgun, to fire them at my foes without having first crafted a mortar launcher which is the normal method for firing these projectiles?"

[Bozobub]

Ah, good point ^^' .