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- From: pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
- Subject: Re: Cross-channel gunnery
- Message-ID: <BzzCwu.qE@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 17:36:30 GMT
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- From pierson@empror.enet.dec.com (dave pierson)
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- >From an (out of print) British book about the early days of RADAR.
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- A set was installed at one of the English poitions, offset a bit from the guns,
- to presrve the electronics. This was intended for gunlaying, but it was noted
- that, with care, outgoing and incoming _shells_ could be tracked. One day, this
- was being demoed to a gaggle of visting brass, with both sides firing the odd
- shell. The operator would read off range and deflection, time of flight was
- long. All was mellow untill one round, from the German position, kept giving
- a deflection of Zero-Zero, Zero-Zero....
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- After a few reports, people realized what THAT meant, and all dove for the
- slit trench. Dead hit on the radar.
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- thanks
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