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  • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
    Steve, would that be the ability to lay the battery using the North Star?
    Or the Sun if the weather allows it.IIRC some talking long ago with some arty boys.

    Dok,we don't need the level of precision the gunners require.We can use a stick from the nearest bush.They need all sort of heavy and expensive optics just to stare at the Sun and stars.Intellectuals vs cavemen
    Last edited by Mihais; 05 Feb 14,, 14:59.
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      "Steve, would that be the ability to lay the battery using the North Star?"

      Very nice...but no. You refer to the Polaris-Kochab Method. Similar insofar as observation of objects in the sky. Ends there.
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      • "Tracking, tracking Tracking..TIP"

        Can an artilleryman answer this question after everyone else gives up?

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        • "...Can an artilleryman answer this question after everyone else gives up?"

          Of course. Might be awhile.

          Big planet.

          Lots of people.

          Most aren't redlegs.
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          • Simultaneous observation.

            Thanks for the hint Gunny. I flashed back to IMPC when I read that!
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            • Originally posted by Albany Rifles View Post
              Simultaneous observation.

              Thanks for the hint Gunny. I flashed back to IMPC when I read that!
              Steve gave that already. Can you answer his question?
              Simultaneous observation of celestial bodies generally occurs at the beach or a strip bar but, occasionally, as an exigency of combat operations. Doing so correctly will immediately provide position location and direction. True or false?

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              • Location yes but not direction.
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                • True or false is all that's required. I'd like to leave the question stand for one complete additional day before providing the answer. The first correct answer will be awarded the next question.
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                  • The answer is "False".

                    I waited over 23 hours for someone to post.

                    To quote the good book:

                    Simultaneous observation (SIMO) of a celestial body is a fast and easy method of transferring directional control.
                    Last edited by Gun Grape; 08 Feb 14,, 03:36.

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                    • Correct. Directional control only. That's a beginning, though. With directional control and a few easily identified landmarks you can resect your location.

                      Gunny's question.
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                      • What is this?
                        who used it?
                        where was it used?


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                        • The Japanese "Horned" Flamethrower

                          When this vehicle was found abandoned in northern Luzon US Marines wondered if they had to fight it would they have needed a bazooka or red cape.

                          Inspection showed this the hull of this Japanese full-tracked, armored vehicle
                          was constructed in 1939, but that the interior parts, such as the flame-throwing equipment and the motor, were built in 1940 and 1941.

                          With an over-all length of 19 1/2 feet, and width of 7 feet, the vehicle was approximately 5 feet high. This low silhouette was broken only by a small "conning tower" which rose about 5 inches above the otherwise completely flat top. Perhaps the most outstanding feature, which was found on some of the vehicles, is a horn-like fork arranged over the tracks on each side of the tank front. These forks, gave the tank a weird and distinct appearance and were presumably intended for uprooting mines or tearing down barbed wire in advance of the tank.

                          The armament examined was not particularly formidable, consisting of two Type 97 7.7-mm tank machine guns in addition to the flame-throwing apparatus.

                          The vehicle was entered by two hatches—one in the top of the conning tower, and the other on top of the tank hull at the right rear corner.
                          The thickest armor plate—1 inch—was found on the front surface of the tank hull, while the sides, rear, and engine covers were 1/2 inch thick. The hatch covers and the top armor, except for the engine covers, were only 1/4 inch thick. This hull armor has the appearance of being face hardened.

                          This tank, unlike other Japanese models, was mounted on a leaf-spring suspension, with four springs on each side of the tank hull, mounted in pairs parallel with the length of the vehicle. Each side of the tank had eight boggie wheels mounted in pairs, two pairs on each end of a pair of leaf springs. The drive sprocket is at the rear of the tank, and the idler wheel at the front.

                          The tank was powered by an air-cooled, 6-cylinder, in-line, Diesel engine. Highest reading on the speedometer was approximately 25 miles per hour, indicating a top speed somewhere under that figure.
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                          • Why does it look like someone horribly mangled a Vickers Mark E?

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                            • Originally posted by bigross86 View Post
                              Ben has it.

                              Your question

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                              • Too busy with work and other stuff. Open question
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