US Army Training Center - Yearbook (Fort Chaffee, AR)

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Howitzer Team Sets Up Gun in Po5ition

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jf' The job of teaching men how to become artillery men is far tougher than simply telling them how to toss a shell into a field piece and pulling a lanyard to fire it. Todayls artillery weapons are intricate firing mechan- isms, capable of pouring out thousands of rounds of ac- curately placed barrages - providing, and ONLY pro- viding that the men serving the piece and operating the fire direction center have mastered their jobs. To instruct trainees in proper use of the sighting mechanisms and other in- struments of fire control, cadremen employ long hours of patient instruction, begin- ning in classroom and, later, in the field.

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Com municatiOUS for Howitzer Using the Quadrant -'42 f X,x xx FDC Tent Aiming Circle Gun Crew Receives Aiming Instructions