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   From: tkoenig@netcologne.de   
      
   Jay Morris  schrieb:   
   > Infantry light mortar platoon (81mm) leader, 1979. The light platoons   
   > and the heavy mortar platoon (4.2 in) would practice ToT coordination   
   > and we didn't use liquid propellant or computers. We used manual   
   > plotting boards. The big boys would do the same with 105mm, 155mm, 8   
   > inch and even naval big guns if available. It was rarely done on the fly   
   > as it took time to set up and coordinate. Nowadays it is done by   
   > computer and could be done on the fly. Target coordinates are entered,   
   > the fire control computer figures bearing, elevation, charge for each   
   > tube and transmits the data to each section. Guns are laid and somebody   
   > yells fire at the correct time.   
      
   The Panzerhaubitze 2000 can land up to 5 155 mm shells at the same   
   time on the same spot.   
      
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