Accession Number:

AD0909704

Title:

On the Misuse of Field Artillery Firing Tables

Descriptive Note:

Memorandum rept. no. 2281

Corporate Author:

ARMY BALLISTIC RESEARCH LAB ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Lebegern, Charles H., Jr.

Report Date:

1973-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

19.0

Abstract:

This report explains the intimate relationship between firing tables and the techniques of fire used to attack targets. Probable error and accuracy of fire are also explained. The differences between precision probable error and mean point of impact probable error are given and the influence of both of these errors on accuracy of fire is demonstrated.

Descriptors:

• *ARTILLERY FIRE
• *RANGE TABLES
• DECISION MAKING
• PERFORMANCE(HUMAN)
• ACCURACY
• ERRORS
• IMPACT PREDICTION
• INSTRUCTION MANUALS
• INTELLIGIBILITY

Subject Categories:

• Fire Control and Bombing Systems

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE