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Smaller rd (88mm) and less range. 360 traverse (with drop plate) easier to manhandle (drag ropes included) both highly accurate and rugged

The two questions I have is: What was the time from tgt acquisition to first rd fired; and since this is peacetime, how was Safety accomplished?

And someone was wondering why so much paper was taken up on how and when to wear it. Because nothing is absolutely foolproof, because fools are so ingenious. Correct ansewer, in the field - which including the day the Ex/Tewt/BFT etc starts to the day it ends (inc traveling to and from the...

Gunner: Have no fear, at least you knew which side North was on the Map. No he was from much further west, and couldn't find his way out of the "woods"

We have moved leaps and bounds from the bad old days of megaphones andplotters. Missions are now conduct in minutes as opposed to slow times in the past. Anything to speed up Fixation and Orientation, Target Acquisition, Data Transmission and Conversion is always good for response times. As...

With any system used, we can not forget, or circumvent the double check (ie - the importance of a read back in a voice system).

Ubique = U-Beek to ALL Gunners I don't know the origin of the pronunciation, but it has as long as I've been around as long as it has been our motto.

Bruce I hear you. OPs always carry IMPs. But then again, a good BK/BSM, will at least try and get a hot meal up. Sometimes it can't be done. Have to admit that it easier for us Gunners, as the field kitchen is part of the Battery.

The question would be, were the troops on IMPs because someone was too lazy to have a meal plan. Part of any military planning, whether peace or war is meal planning. It is part of logistics and just as important as water, fuel and ammunition. As much effort must be made to supply a hot meal...

So the role of the reserves is to be a man power pool for the Reg F. If a reservist is non-deployable, too bad make him a civvy. And units are holding vessels for this pool. And all this at 85% pay and no benefits. Open the flood gates, people will be beating to get in. You want to kill the...

The seed of destructive behavior are sowed early. No teenager ( this is when parents start going grey) all of a sudden tells the parents to F off. Itass a fine line between too much leniency and too much control. as i said its work. Improving parenting skills will solve some of the problems.  ...

I'll start off by saying I am not in favour of corporal punishment. To often its is used out of frustration as opposed to discipline, and some don't know the difference between that and abuse. I think the problem today lies with the parents. As parents you have to draw the left and right arcs...

Are you advocating that air power has made artillery redundant and obsolete? First of all, the demise of the Gunners has been greatly exaggerated. All commanders that have ignored artillery from early times to the present has done so at hid own peril. This has been proved over and over again...

Admittedly, the combat arms (particularly the inf) is a young man's game. However the question is more general. And I say that older recruits are easier to train (however there is a proviso, with about age 40 being pretty well top out for a recruit) because of their life experiences and...

Southern Germany, from the top of a M109  during Flyover

Excuse me, I'm just a poor Gunner, but please explain the difference between shooting and moving, & fire and movement.

My guess the MOBAT won't. To be capable you must have approx 4-5 rds in the air at the same time. Doing it manually would be difficult, but not impossible. It would be a matter of starting at high elevation, and decreasing that and the charge as you go. It woulds all have to be pre-calculated...

Please expand on "gunfighting skills". I'm not quite familiar with the term.

In actual fact, a Cpl is a "qualified" Pte. In my unit at least, promotion to Cpl is two yrs in and (old) QL4 which ever comes last. Therefore seeing two hooks tells you he/she has trades trg other then basic ie driver, comms, tech etc. I would argue Cpls are JNCOs (unofficially anyway) in that...

There are quite a few CFRs to generals out there, but very few who made it from Pte to General (only skipping Lt)