Artillery

[CHFlanker 0]

NO I'm not one of those for-an-artillery-crying babies!

I'm on my own artillery-script.

I just need to know what the radiocodes for the gunners are.

I'm sure you "I was in the army"-guys can tell, can't you?

[varjo 0]

The finnish format is in finnish but the basics are the same everywhere when firing to unidentified target.

For example in finnish and translation

TUKOM P1234 I5678 K100 2000 500 xygh z ke am

TUKOM=err.. Fire mission

P,I,K= coordinates in North, East and altitude

(=latitude,longitude,altitude or something like that)

2000 = angle from observation point to target (in degrees or in military system)

500= distance from target to observation point

xygh=Coding of the target, what the target is:how it is protected(bunker,armor...):the area of target(is it very big or just one pinpoint bunker):does it move or is it still.

z ke =amount of rounds to fire

am=fire!

Something like that

[Pete 1]

z ke =amount of rounds to fire

it is also coded..you have predefined codes for 12/24/48 round barrages, that is for each mortar/cannon..so with 3 mortars you would get 3 X 24 rounds fired.

one code was something that allowed the artillery to fire untill new orders came to stop firing, it was to completely destroy the enemy at the location

also, you need to mention what kind of detonators you want to have on the grenades (atleast for mortars)..if they are hard/soft/airburst or something else.

am=fire!

this could also be timed as "H1530" meaning that the fire should start a little before 15:30 and that the rounds will hit the ground exactly at that time.

sometimes you would add the time of when the infantry makes a assault and you dont want any nades on them.

i dont remember the code for it, but it could have been "H1530/1535"....this would mean that the mortar/artillery crews calculate the time of flight and the last round detonates exactly at 15:35.

so the assault could begin immeadetly with no delay.

i dont remember it all either, but varjo is correct about finnish army anyways, i was a mortar soldier and often made those fire reguests over radio or with a laptop connected to the radio for decyphered transmissions.

2000 = angle from observation point to target (in degrees or in military system)

exactly..the military system is 6000 degrees, 0 being north, 1500 east, 3000 south, 4500 west.

(a cool thing with that system is that it is really easy...at 1000 meter distance, the difference of 1 grade is 1 meter, so easy calculation when you need to adjust the fire)

(Edited by Pete at 8:16 am on Dec. 19, 2001)

[Pete 1]

also, if the target area has been "named" earlier then you would skip the co-ords and just call it "DB45" or something.

so it could be as short as "tukom db45 ryö am"

that would mean they fire a "ryöppy" (code for 24 rounds/mortar) to a area previously calculated.

there is also a code if it is a emergency, that means that all mortars/cannons are free to fire as soon they have set the aim, no simultanious fire demanded, no double check for aiming demands..the important thing is to fire as fast as possible, even if friendlies are at area.

instead of "ryö" you would have "hät" in finnish system, it would mean that you fire what you have immeadetly, untill a order comes to change target or to stop firing.

you would use that to stop a suprise assault by the enemy, or a breakthu over own territory.

[theavonlady 2]

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