Artillery Procedure

Iroh · #1 (**permalink**) July 11th, 2007, 01:31 PM

Anyone know about artillery procedure from loading to firing step by step ?

Za Rodinu · #2 (**permalink**) July 11th, 2007, 01:49 PM

Not WW2 but this should give you a rough idea to start with.

FM 6-50 - Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for THE FIELD ARTILLERY CANNON BATTERY

FM 6-50 Table of Contents

Iroh · #3 (**permalink**) July 11th, 2007, 01:53 PM

Thanks i will start study that.

Carl W Schwamberger · #4 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2007, 03:08 AM

Iroh...why do you ask? I spent over a decade with the artillery, so if you have any further questions perhaps I can help.

Iroh · #5 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2007, 03:31 AM

It's basically very simple question i've seen in the war movie or film about people firing artillery but i don't know what trigger the artillery to fire ?

zippo · #6 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2007, 06:51 PM

This site has quite a bit of info. I linked to the "fire plan" section, but there is a lot info. on this site. I assume when you say "trigger the artillery to fire" you meant what initiates or commences fire...

FIRE PLANNING

Za Rodinu · #7 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2007, 09:30 PM

Zippo, the next website I was going to provide was precisely Nigel's, whose work I find to be brilliant, a work of love if I saw one. Great minds thinking alike?

Carl W Schwamberger · #8 (**permalink**) July 12th, 2007, 11:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iroh

It's basically very simple question i've seen in the war movie or film about people firing artillery but i don't know what trigger the artillery to fire ?

If I understand your meaning...

Usually the artillery is controled by a individual or small team who can see the target and have a radio or telephone connection to the cannon crew. Those are usually called the 'observer' in English.

An officer commanding the cannon group or battery relays the observers directions to the cannon crew as orders.

A sergeant or corporal of each cannon crew controls the final command to fire.

Sometimes the target is selected from a map or photograph in a HQ and the orders to attack it are sent from that HQ to the officer of the battery. In other cases a target might be located by a radar, or by sound using a specialized observation team, or perhaps by report of a reconissance patrol.

Hope this is helpfull.

zippo · #9 (**permalink**) July 13th, 2007, 03:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Za Rodinu

Zippo, the next website I was going to provide was precisely Nigel's, whose work I find to be brilliant, a work of love if I saw one. Great minds thinking alike?

agreed !!

Iroh · #10 (**permalink**) July 13th, 2007, 03:40 AM

Thanks now i know !