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To: Professional Engineer
Morning PE

sights his compass in preparation for firing mortars

Reporters!! That's not a compass, it's an M2 aiming circle used to lay in the mortars


27 posted on 01/10/2005 7:53:46 AM PST by SAMWolf (An aquarium is just interactive television for cats.)
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To: SAMWolf

What a strange looking compass!


30 posted on 01/10/2005 8:06:19 AM PST by Valin (Sometimes you're the bug, and sometimes you're the windshield)
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To: SAMWolf

Hiya Sam. Thanks for setting the record straight. I assume the whole circle has to be "zeroed" on some fixed point, North?, before it can be used properly. Correct?


47 posted on 01/10/2005 12:11:53 PM PST by Professional Engineer (With Personal Electronics comes Personal Power Responsibility.)
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