artillery spotting

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• Coast Artillery fire control system — A conceptual diagram of the flow of fire control data in the Coast Artillery (in 1940). The set forward point of the target was generated by using the plotting board (1). This position was then corrected for factors affecting range and azimuth… …   Wikipedia

• Nuclear artillery — Upshot Knothole Grable, a 1953 test of a nuclear artillery projectile at Nevada Test Site (photo depicts an artillery piece with a 280 mm bore (11 inch), and the explosion of its artillery shell at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi)) …   Wikipedia

• 8th/12th Medium Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery — Infobox Military Unit unit name=8th/12th Medium Artillery Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery caption=Badge of the Royal Australian Artillery country=Australia allegiance=Commonwealth of Australia type=Artillery branch=Army dates=1973 Present… …   Wikipedia

• field artillery observer — A person who watches the effects of artillery fire, adjusts the center of impact of that fire onto a target, and reports the results to the firing agency. See also naval gunfire spotting team; spotter …   Military dictionary