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...s in [[ballistic missile defense]], and in some cases of [[counter-rocket, artillery and mortar]] systems. Those applications differ from ordinary rifle bullets ...eral damage is to be devoided. A good-sized concrete warhead, hitting an [[artillery]] piece at supersonic speed, will ruin the target's day, and the rest of it

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...ilding itself. A variety of methods may be used to achieve this, such as [[artillery]] bombardment or special military equipment. Sieges have occurred throughou

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...counterbattery radar in the Firefinder series, used in the counter-rocket, artillery and mortar role. It complements the short-range but omnidirectional AN-|AN/

...ntended to initiate the propellant train of a piece of [[small arms]] or [[artillery]] ammunition, usually triggered by either the impact of a firing pin or wit

...igh Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS)''' provides long-range heavy artillery fire in areas where traditional heavy cannon could not go. It is based on a

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...ns of different branches of types of ground troops (e.g., infantry, tanks, artillery). [[Joint warfare]], in contrast, involves the coordinated actions of servi ...els: the high-speed breakthrough by coordinated tanks, motorized infantry, artillery, and [[close air support]]; followed by securing the flanks by conventional

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.../SYQ-27 Naval Fire Control System]] (compatible with Army [[Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System]] (AFATDS); also upgraded with Link 16 of the [[Joint

==[[Counter-rocket, artillery and mortar]]== [[Counter-rocket, artillery and mortar]] technology, much more expensive than the rockets itself, is av

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..., including [[armored fighting vehicle]]s, [[unmanned ground vehicle]]s, [[artillery]], [[precision guided munition]]s and [[unmanned aerial vehicle]]s; was an

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...rs clear obstacles. Air defense artillery protects the troops from air and artillery attack while moving. Military police keep roads clear of civilians and pris

...ebase in the Na San area, fortifying a three-mile ring of hills covered by artillery in the center. This installation bloodily repelled a numerically stronger V ...der that a fortified camp supplied by air could not be taken unless "heavy artillery fire" could be maintained on the airstrip.

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...a Very Small Place'', which actually has more detail on the nature of the artillery on both sides, but not so much the tactical thinking of an artilleryman.

...is used for both small arms (e.g., rifles, pistols, etc.) and for larger [[artillery]]. While all militaries have gone to metric measurements for the caliber of ==Alternative artillery notation==

...the [[M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System]] (MLRS) or [[M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System]] (HIMARS) launchers, the '''MGM-140 ATACMS (Army Tactical Mi ...argets such as missile sites and command posts, beyond the range of cannon artillery such as the [[M109 howitzer]]. This missile had 100mi/165km range with mode

...g a touch-sensitive screen, could tap a finger on the graphic symbol of an artillery unit, and have displayed information such as their ammunition remaining or *Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System

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...d enemy [[counterbattery]] fire. It is networked into the [[Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System]].

* Grotelueschen, Mark E. ''Doctrine under Trial: American Artillery Employment in World War I,'' (2001) [http://www.questia.com/read/101924851?

...echnical Excellence (CITE) for U.S. Army vehicles (tracked and wheeled), [[artillery]] (self propelled and towed), [[combat engineer|military bridges]], and [[s

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...ion with two batteries of 105mm howitzers and an [[TPQ-36|AN/TPQ-36 (V)8]] artillery locating radar. <ref>{{citation ...support platoons in each maneuver company connect to the [[Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System]] (AFATDS). The scout unit has extensive target acquis

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...home of the [[Hughes Aircraft Company]] and [[MGM]]. Army [[anti-aircraft artillery]] located in [[Inglewood]] and [[Santa Monica]] fired thousands of rounds o

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...ginal intent had been to assign both kinetic (ie., physically destructive) artillery as well as non-kinetic resources such as [[electronic warfare]] to them,<re | journal = Field Artillery Magazine

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...for assistance. The nature of the support may be [[combat arms]], as in [[artillery]]; [[combat support]], as in communications; or [[combat service support]],

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...teries of 155mm [[M109 howitzer]]s and both a AN/[[TPQ-36]] and [[TPQ-37]] artillery locating radar. <ref>{{citation

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...f up to 12 rockets fired at once. Alternatively, the [[M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System]] can hold one canister. ...six launchers fires 72 rockets, was for [[counterbattery]] against enemy [[artillery]], although they were also effective against troops and trucks in the open.

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...copter]]s lose power with decreasing air density. Projectiles fired from [[artillery]] and [[mortar]]s, used in [[indirect fire]] will have different trajectori

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...self-propelled weapon (e.g., unguided rocket, torpedo, guided missile. An artillery warhead, and its mechanical case, is often called a projectile. A destructi

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...may also fire solid projectiles; this was the first type of ammunition for artillery, and still has a role in certain applications against armor.

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Mortars go back to the earliest aspects of siege artillery, and especially attacks on land positions from ships. Where the first siege ...table or truck-carried weapons, but were still compact compared with other artillery of the time. 13" caliber mortars, for example, were not uncommon on ships o

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[[Counter-rocket, artillery and mortar]] systems can use POO information to plan [[engagement geometry]

...t payload, which has to absorb the recoil of the explosion that propels an artillery shell through the barrel and into the open. All modern unguided rockets use ==Multiple rocket launchers for artillery missions==

Some major commands have deliberately obscure names, such as the Second Artillery Corps, which is responsible for China's long-range [[ballistic missile]]s.

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...mbers from even being launched. Another high priority is [[counter-rocket, artillery and mortar]] defense on the battlefield against short-range threats, possib

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...ir defense artillery personnel, they are being used in the counter-rocket, artillery and mortar (C-RAM) in Iraq and Afghanistan. Israel rejected it because it n

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...World War]] application, it comprises a radio installed in the nose of an artillery or missile [[warhead]] that detects an enemy plane, or the ground, and expl ...in the [[Battle of the Bulge]] in December 1944, when they made the Allied artillery far more devastating, as all the shells now exploded just before hitting th

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A '''cluster munition''' is a military weapon, such as a artillery|artillery shell, unguided rocket or guided missile warhead, or a gravity bomb, which ...wasted" in a small area. For certain dispersed targets, such as a group of artillery pieces, it may not be practical to use precision guided weapons against the

...ed in England, was not sent to the Western Front except for its divisional artillery and a number of specialist units. It was thought that providing reinforceme

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...re used for high-risk operations such as scaling a cliff to seize a German artillery position at the [[Battle of Normandy]].

National militaries stockpiled it in aircraft spray tanks, bombs, artillery shells and missile warheads. Unless the sarin was quite pure, and any exces ...loping binary munitions, in which the final two chemicals were mixed in an artillery shell or bomb, just before release. Iraq used a field technique in which a

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...the extent of ballistic missile initial and midcourse guidance. [[Counter-artillery, rocket and mortar]] (C-RAM) warfare is becoming increasingly practical and

...it is desirable to armour the magazine. In the case of batteries of towed artillery the temporary magazine will be placed, if possible, in a pit, or natural de Historically, when artillery was powered by [[gunpowder]], a vessel's magazine would be kept below water

...4 and 25, also caused by a ravine. Insufficient fields of fire cleared for artillery as well too many of them exposed en barbette above the parapets provided th

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*Advanced Field Artillery Tactical Data System The air defense artillery#ADAM cell|ADAM cell in U.S. Brigade Combat Team headquarters is a new organ

...inance disposal missions. The M1114 provides protection against small arms artillery airbursts and anti-tank mine blasts.