Not to steer the topic back to artillery or anything, but we looked at a house that bordered Ft. Riley right outside of Manhattan. It was a little pricey and our realtor said it would be too loud from the artillery anyway so we didn't end up buying it. After hearing the artillery from about 10 more miles away, my wife (and probably our dogs) are glad we didn't buy it. Having never been around that sort of thing, it amazes me how loud it is from even this far away. I can't imagine being on the receiving end...

Just think abou all the gunfire you get to hear daily in some of the Boroughs of NYC.

Yes
 

Being under the hammer of artillery is HELL.
Anyone who has been there will confirm.

When the hammer falls, there is no such thing as friendly fire!!!

speaking of bad police .............
 

George Phillips of Meridian Mississippi was going up to bed when his wife
told him that he'd left the light on in the garden shed, which she could see
from the bedroom window. George opened the back door to go turn off the light but saw that there were people in the shed stealing things. He phoned the police, who asked "Are
any of those people in your house?" and he said no. Then they said that all
patrols were busy, and that he should simply stay in his house, lock his doors and an officer would be along when available. George said, "Okay," hung up, counted to 30, and phoned the police again. Hello I just called you few seconds ago Because there were people in my shed. Well, you don't have to worry about them now cause I've just shot them all"
Then he hung up. Within five minutes three police cars, an Armed Response unit, and an ambulance showed up at the Phillips residence. Of course, the police caught the burglars red-handed.
One of the Policemen said to George: "I thought you said that you'd shot
them!"

George said, "I thought you said there was nobody available!"

I liked that one....

That's very funny! :D

I'm just wondering who hired a nitwit that shot artillery at a mountain and missed it. How can you miss a whole freaking mountain? You could boresight the dang thing and hit a mountain.

Blame it on affirmative action.....the EEOC told them they had to hire a blind person for the job...so they did. :eek:

He was probably an Iraq. :D

Do a little research if you doubt this they can't hit crap with their tanks. :D

Counter-battery fire
 

Bennett,

Should have called a counter-battery fire mission on the avalanche shooter's position. That would have woken his a*s up.


Counter-battery fire
Attacks aimed at enemy artillery rather than infantry or fortifications are known as counter battery fire.

Radar coupled to computers can accurately track a projectile in flight back to its firing point. This can be used as targeting information for an enemy artillery site.

When artillery fire is directed via radio by a forward observer (FO), the location of FO's transmitter can be calculated and attacked with artillery as well. If successful, this counter-attack will limit the effectiveness of the FO's artillery fire. Radar also improves the all-weather flexibility of modern artillery.

The rise in counter-battery abilities has driven field artillery to adopt "shoot-and-scoot" tactics emphasizing constant maneuver within an designated position area, usually from hide point to firing point and back again. This has required reliance on sometimes temperamental technology and increased the cost of modern field artillery systems.