Artillery Battery Position and Forward Observer
Position- The Church is the a distant aiming pointSee Red Border Captions for Action
Loud Speaker
Wire
Base Gun
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Forward
Observer
and a Loud
Speaker.
The wire
between
the two
points
gives a
known
distance
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker
emplace
Officer with an Aiming Circle Records a Distant Aiming
Point Using the 0-5800 Scale
Loud Speaker Wire
Forward
Observer
and a Loud
Speaker.
The wire
between
the two
points
gives a
known
distance
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Officer with Aiming
Circle records a
Direction to a
Distant Aiming Point
This orientation is passed to the howitzers
Loud Speaker Wire
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Center or Base
Gun is laid to
match the
direction given
by the officer
with the aiming
circle
Forward
Observer
and a Loud
Speaker.
The wire
between
the two
points
gives a
known
distance
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker
Officer with the aiming
circle transfers a known
direction to the
howitzers
The Forward Observer Spots a Target
Forward Observer sees a target and conveys (with the
Loud Speaker) to gun line the Guns direction &
distance to target
TARGET
Loud Speaker Wire
Forward
Observer
and a Loud
Speaker.
The wire
between
the two
points
gives a
known
distance
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Rounds Are Fired Under and Over the Target to Bracket. Once the
Target is Hit the Entire Battery Fires on this Data
Forward Observer sees the explosion of the Base Gun’s Shell. He adjust this
howitzer onto target with bracketing. This may take many rounds.
TARGET
Loud Speaker Wire
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Center or Base
Gun Fires onto
the target as
directed by the
FO. Once on
target, the
remaining
howitzers fire
Forward
Observer
and a Loud
Speaker.
The wire
between
the two
points
gives a
known
distance
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker
The Battery Fires On the Same Data As the Base Gun’s Hit
After Observing a Target Hit form the Base Gun, the
Forward Observer calls for all Howitzers within the
Battery to Fire on the Same Data as the Base Gun
Forward Observer and
a Loud Speaker. The
wire between the two
points gives a known
distance
TARGET
Loud Speaker Wire
Distant
Aiming
Point with
a
surveyed
direction
Center or Base
Gun Fires onto
the target as
directed by the
FO. Once on
target, the
remaining
howitzers fire
Gun Line
with an
aiming
circle and
Loud
Speaker