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Notes |
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Artillery
Definitions |
This link to Wikipedia contains much information, history and
definitions for the Field Artillery. |
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Artillery Terms and
Tactics |
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Commo Section |
A write-up on Commo Section operations, courtesy of Signal
Officer Dennis Donati (70-71). |
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Field Artillery Manual
Cannon Gunnery |
This is a Marine Corp Manual but
the procedures are the same.
(Link provided
courtesy of Johnnie Pearson) |
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Fire
Direction Center |
A write-up on FDC operations, courtesy of Johnnie Pearson (68-69).
Also, check out the Tools of the Trade section below for some of the tools used
by FDC. |
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Fire
Mission |
This is a link to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment website. It
has more info on FDC including a sample fire mission dialog.
(Link provided
courtesy of Neal Schwartz) |
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Guns and Howitzers
of the
1/83rd Artillery |
This contains the names and type of guns that the 1/83rd had
including pictures where available. |
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Guns vs Howitzers |
This interesting dialogue resulted from the question, "Why
is an 8-inch a Howitzer but a 175mm is a Gun?" |
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Guns and
Howitzer Ammo
Updated 11/26/21 |
The dialog
Guns vs Howitzers above prompted this question.
"Now that we have smoked that subject, we move
onto the HE rounds of each artillery piece. One shoots TNT and the other shoots
Composition B. It is printed on the projo's (see
this photo. How many other types of rounds are there for each
barrel beside the WP (White Phosphorous, we called it Wilson Picket or Willy
Peter. If we compare that to a WP grenade it reminds me of napalm in a powder
form. Sticks to whatever it hits and burns through it.).
There was also a grenade round for the 8-inch that had 102 grenades that rolled
out the back after the bottom lid was blown off during flight. Was there a flechette round also having razor like blades inside? We also were told that the
8-inch TNT round needed to spin before it would explode. The Comp B of the 175
did not."
What we wanted to know is how many different types of rounds did
we fire and the characteristics of those rounds.
These are the responses that I have received. As is
often the case, some replies contradict others. |
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Radio Section |
Winfred Langley (66-67)sent these photos of the Radio Section at
Nui Dat in 1967. |
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Requesting and Adjusting Artillery Fire |
This link has info from the "Guide For Squad Leaders, Pam
350-12, May 1967" on requesting and adjusting Artillery fire.
This information is from the
Hardscrabble Farm website.
(Link provided
courtesy of Neal Schwartz) |
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The Guns
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Specifications and information on the 8-inch self-propelled
howitzer and 175-mm self-propelled gun plus some
frequently asked questions. |
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Tools of the Trade |
Check out this page for some of the Tools of the Artilleryman's
Trade. |
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"Waste" Disposal |
The "Recipe" for proper "Waste" Disposal, courtesy of Tom Bailey (66-67). |
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Hygiene In the
Highlands
(Courtesy 1/92nd Artillery) |
Explanation of
the term "Shit Burning"
By Then Sergeant Gil Goltz
1/92nd Artillery
ED note: This story is priceless. |
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A Special Yankee
Candle |
(Picture provided
courtesy of Don Aird) |
