While in the Army, I was trained for Cannon Crewman. In Germany, the Army learned I can add and subtract. Trust me, that that was a rare commodity in artillery. So they put me in Battalion Fire Direction Center. This was super cool as I learned more math.
One thing I never understood, the Army wanted us to be super accurate while computing firing data for nukes, while in reality, it did not matter if you were by a few hundreds yards.I don’t think “Danger Close” came into the conversation.
Lol that’s awesome. I can imagine in the postwar environment, somebody doing some crater analysis and then reporting back that you missed the target by 75 yards.
Restricted to base next weekend.
Close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades..and nukes.
Why do I suspect you can even do a little bit more than add and subtract?
They were probably super worried about short rounds. Understandable.
Radar proximity fusing?