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- From: "James Borynec; AGT Researcher" <james@cs.ualberta.ca>
- Subject: Re: Battleship Diplomacy
- Message-ID: <By0tpt.95v@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Sender: military@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM (Sci.Military Login)
- Organization: University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
- References: <Bxx2KJ.I2@law7.DaytonOH.NCR.COM>
- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1992 15:29:53 GMT
- Approved: military@law7.daytonoh.ncr.com
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- From "James Borynec; AGT Researcher" <james@cs.ualberta.ca>
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- "Edward J. Rudnicki" (FSAC-SID) <erudnick@pica.army.mil> writes:
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- > In that respect
- >16" salvos are an ideal counterbattery weapon in that the opposing
- >artillery gets the point real fast whether they're on target or not.
- >Additionally the BB is out of range of most of the artillery being
- >suppressed and is relatively immune to those systems that can reach.
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- A major problem with BB counter battery fire is that it can be
- nullified by digging your guns into a reverse slope position. The
- BB rounds are going so fast that they will either hit the hill in
- front of you or fly overhead and land a long way away.
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- j.b.
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