Circa 1978 Army TACFIRE artillery computer system.
Circa 1978 Army TACFIRE artillery computer system.
WOW!
That was the system I was trained to repair in the Army. 34-Y10. I haven’t seen a picture of that equipment ever, and in person in decades!
I spent a year in two different locations (APG Maryland and Ft Sill OK) in AIT learning how to troubleshoot and repair that and the FALT/FADAC system that was it’s predecessor. Finished top of my class in both locations in 83/84 and was shipped off to West Germany after that.
Thank you for posting that picture. It brings back a LOT of memories!
Haircut appears to be within regs, even now. Mismatched fatigue colors are due to different suppliers’ fabric dyes fading at different rates. It was a problem that also came from a change from all-cotton to a poly-cotton blend. The only way to keep it to a minimum was to always get “matched” sets so they would fade evenly. Sometimes it worked, other times not so well. The BDU changeover didn’t start until the early 80s for most.
“TACFIRE”...the creature that ate Fort Sill!
I would get on the TACFIRE nets with my jammer and jam the hell out of those fire missions. Loads of fun. The commanders were not happy campers :)