The Need for Long-Range Gunnery,

Abstract

One of the many lessons learned from DESERT STORM was our ability to engage and hit targets at ranges well beyond what is currently in our gunnery tables. The purpose of this article is to raise the long range gunnery issue and to determine if we need to begin to train long range gunnery.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA323212

Entities

People

  • Paul D. Smith

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Ammunition
  • Control Systems
  • Doctrine
  • Fire Control Systems
  • Force Protection
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Laser Rangefinding
  • Lessons Learned
  • Line Of Sight
  • Stationary
  • Targets
  • Training
  • Training Ammunition
  • Weapon Systems
  • Weapons

Fields of Study

  • Medicine

Readers

  • Educational Psychology
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Marksmanship and Weaponry.