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conehammer 08-28-2014 03:46 AM

Miniature Artillery Battery?
 
In my 'net wanderings I came across this on the use of miniature artillery as a training aide, at least the first article explores it.

Never heard of this before. Doesn't seem to have caught on..

http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbullet...LL_EDITION.pdf

jerry

Olle 08-28-2014 08:12 AM

Looks like it could have been the inspiration for the M79 "Thumper". This concept (sans the carriage) is also used for the golf ball adapters you can use with AR-15s: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/produ...ncher?a=502765

John Sabato 08-28-2014 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by conehammer (Post 259511)
In my 'net wanderings I came across this on the use of miniature artillery as a training aide, at least the first article explores it.

Never heard of this before. Doesn't seem to have caught on..

http://sill-www.army.mil/firesbullet...LL_EDITION.pdf

jerry

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:

Edward Tinker 08-28-2014 09:00 AM

this 'grunt' stuff just goes over my head ;)

those that understand I was in the army, knows thats tongue in cheek...

John Sabato 08-28-2014 09:08 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker (Post 259517)
this 'grunt' stuff just goes over my head ;)

:bigbye::roflmao::roflmao: Best pun of the week award!


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