fabrsm
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Hello,
hoping that I have posted in the right group I lay out my idea for you to give it a rating.
I point out that this is a "tactic" used at least until recently and thus, certainly, also applied during WW2.
In the various steps to activate an OBA fire there are various indicators which indicate:
AR = the point at which the observer intends to drop the battery/section fire;
SR = the point at which the Artillery/howitzer/mortar shot actually falls;
FFE = the fire of the entire battery/section.
In my life I happened to participate, as an aircraft crew, in an observer activity for a 120mm mortar battery.
The activity was carried out as follows:
This would also give the advantage of not "gaming" dropping an SR near or on top of one's own units for the sole reason of having a better LOS at the same SR.
For the same reason, during the initial phase of placing an AR (initial coordinates of the target) I would not make the observer lose contact and access to the battery if the observer no longer has his AR in LOS because, as in reality, no longer seeing the desired coordinates does not mean losing contact and subsequent access to the battery itself.
A basic weapon is defined as a single artillery/howitzer/mortar piece of the same battery/section that applies the coordinates given by the observer and that once corrected or validated by the firing observer, are transmitted from the basic weapon to the other components of the same battery/section.
hoping that I have posted in the right group I lay out my idea for you to give it a rating.
I point out that this is a "tactic" used at least until recently and thus, certainly, also applied during WW2.
In the various steps to activate an OBA fire there are various indicators which indicate:
AR = the point at which the observer intends to drop the battery/section fire;
SR = the point at which the Artillery/howitzer/mortar shot actually falls;
FFE = the fire of the entire battery/section.
In my life I happened to participate, as an aircraft crew, in an observer activity for a 120mm mortar battery.
The activity was carried out as follows:
- the observer, having made contact with the battery coordinator (contact indicators and battery access), gave the coordinates of the point to be hit and that he was observing (AR indicator);
- the "basic weapon" of the battery (same caliber), fires a shot to see if it falls where the observer established (SR);
- if the shot from the base weapon falls where the observer wanted, the order is given to the whole battery to fire on that point otherwise the various corrections to the shot are given such as 150 right, forward 200, etc..(expressed in meters/feet).
This would also give the advantage of not "gaming" dropping an SR near or on top of one's own units for the sole reason of having a better LOS at the same SR.
For the same reason, during the initial phase of placing an AR (initial coordinates of the target) I would not make the observer lose contact and access to the battery if the observer no longer has his AR in LOS because, as in reality, no longer seeing the desired coordinates does not mean losing contact and subsequent access to the battery itself.
A basic weapon is defined as a single artillery/howitzer/mortar piece of the same battery/section that applies the coordinates given by the observer and that once corrected or validated by the firing observer, are transmitted from the basic weapon to the other components of the same battery/section.
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