As I recall, 800 mils.
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Troops Hit Taliban Position with M777
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My dad told me it was 45 degrees (which was also the angle at which the gun could shoot farthest). Adjusting the vertical angle was part of "laying" the piece, which, if I recall correctly, had five steps.
Trivia question for you: What was the major difference between WWI and WWII American artillery pieces? (Hint: It facilitated high-angle firing.)
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falcon123
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Well, the Germans also say "Die Artillerie kennt weder Freund noch Feind, nur lohnende Ziele". - "artillery knows no friend nor foe, just valuable targets".
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That it does, however ATACS (not the camo) is known in some circles to be a blunder of spending. Durings its infancy the house appropriations commitee decided that the heavy m198s were too much of a burden for the fleet of 5-ton trucks still in use. "we must fund development of a lighter gun!"
Literally down the hall another commitee was working out the details for a bigger truck to solve the same problem. "This 7-ton MTVR should haul those trusty 155's with ease!"
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JuergenG
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This! And we called them "Bumskoepfe" for a reason.
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Specifically?
Its 4P1 just south of Panmunjom, the previous direct support artillery firebase for the area. The place is completely different now.
I didn't take this photo but spent time there. Looking above the guy on the left is a bunker in the hillside. That was my home for a month at a time on a few occasions. Seems like a lifetime ago.
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A buddy who spent some time there with an SF group said "We've turned boulders unto rocks, and the rocks into gravel."
KBCraig
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Our insructor at Sill let us play around with this one for about a half hour, coming up with answers and trying to justify them. None of us got it correct.
The answer is: High angle fire begins at the point where an increase in tube elevation results in a decrease in range.
It's not 45 degrees (800 mils), because the projectile path is not a parabola. As it loses velocity due to aerodynamic drag, it drops faster. The answer is also mission specific, depending on atmospheric conditions, difference in elevation between gun and target, etc.
JuergenG
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"200 ab, Zerschlagen, Ende!"
sorry, but I would still rather see this as a GB
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT698BOmSic
just tell the anti-s that its a glock AK-47... they think this is what we have already....
FYI to anyone who doesnt want to open the link, its a MK19 AGL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT698BOmSic
just tell the anti-s that its a glock AK-47... they think this is what we have already....
FYI to anyone who doesnt want to open the link, its a MK19 AGL
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