John Sabato |
08-28-2014 08:52 AM |
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Originally Posted by conehammer
(Post 259511)
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As a former Field Artillery ROTC student, and trained artillery forward observer, I am fascinated by the concept and the device itself. I wonder what ever happened to the device/simulators? I have never seen one before.
When I was in college, (back in the dark ages (mid 1960's)), we had a fully functional 105mm howitzer that we dragged out on the football field and ran simulated fire missions on our #1 Big 5 basketball rival (St. Joe's) on the other side of town... :eek: (Good thing that there wasn't any live 105 ammunition any closer to us than Fort Dix. :eek:
The instructors would provide the coordinates of where our simulated hits landed on their campus, and we would be required to calculate the elevation/windage/powder adjustments to place the subsequent projectile hits on the target. A whole lot more fun than going to Sociology 101. :rockon: :thumbup:
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