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Originally posted by Alexander's Horse
Funny, I was trained to do it. Also to call in artillery by "sound" of fall of shot - like for at night and in close country (jungle warfare).
Sure, its not ideal but you think people have nice maps all the time? Maps are often inaccurate too, even mil style grid maps. They can be out by quite a margin - though less so these days with satellites mapping and such. Also, you cna be worng about where exactly you are, which screws up any map based plotting, lol.
Funny, I was trained to do it. Also to call in artillery by "sound" of fall of shot - like for at night and in close country (jungle warfare).
Sure, its not ideal but you think people have nice maps all the time? Maps are often inaccurate too, even mil style grid maps. They can be out by quite a margin - though less so these days with satellites mapping and such. Also, you cna be worng about where exactly you are, which screws up any map based plotting, lol.
My point is that in almost every case you either have to have both observer and guns with LOS to the target or some idea (by map or satellites) where the target is, where the guns are, and where the observer is.
Imagine a scenario where your forces have no maps (they dont need em they've got satellites). Unfortunately the satellites are now hors de combat from EMP. So tell me how you would direct fire from your SP155 battery maybe 5-10 mi back that has just finished moving (Your radios were protected from the EMP).
Edit: converted point form ramblings into a sort of english
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