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FM 6-40, Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Field Artillery Manual Cannon Gunnery (23 April 1996), Chapter 3 - Ballistics; Marine Corps Warfighting Publication No. 3-1.6.19 FM 23-91 , Mortar Gunnery (1 March 2000), Chapter 2 Fundamentals of Mortar Gunnery [5]
Las Vegas Army Airfield, Nevada (82d Flying Training Wing): "Flexible Gunnery" training began in January 1942 [4]: 2–3 after flying training had begun on 20 December 1941. [5] Las Vegas Bombing and Gunnery Range. The Rear Gunner (1943), training film with Ronald Reagan and Burgess Meredith. [6] Lowry Bombing and Gunnery Range, Colorado
The United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) issued a specification for a specialized bomber trainer, ordering two prototypes from Fairchild Aircraft.The XAT-13 powered by two 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340-AN-1 radial engines, emerged as a "scaled down" bomber with a single machine gun in the glazed nose and a top turret with twin machine guns and fitted with tricycle landing gear. [2]
Fairchild AT-21 Gunner advanced/gunnery trainer; Fairchild PT-19/23/23 primary trainer; Federal AT-20 - Ansons purchased for Lend-Lease as bomber trainer; Fisher XP-75 Eagle prototype fighter; Fleetwings BT-12 basic trainer; Howard UC-70 Nightingale liaison aircraft; Interstate L-6 Grasshopper observation/liaison aircraft; Lockheed UC-101 Vega ...
The 81 mm mortar shells used an adapter collar to allow 60 mm mortar shell fuzes to fit. Originally packed in wooden crates, the late war shells (1944–1945) were packed in metal M140 canisters. The M140 canister carried live shells in a four-chambered internal divider, had a horsehair pad in the inside of the lid to cushion the fuzes, and had ...
The Griffon Aerospace MQM-170 Outlaw is an unmanned aerial vehicle which is used to support air defense artillery training, research, development, and test activities. It can serve as a target drone, surrogate training platform, or in a surrogate aerial reconnaissance and forward observation role. The aircraft has been in use since 2004. [1]
It's all part of an aerial gunnery training exercise for the AC-130J Ghostrider at Camp Atterbury, ... The training is tentatively scheduled between 1200-1800 hours (that's noon to 6 p.m. for you ...
The schools of the wing flew two types of aircraft, gunnery trainers and gunnery targets. The trainer used for fixed gunnery training for pilots was the North American AT-6 Texan. The trainers used for flexible gunnery training for aerial gunners were the AT-18 Hudson and non-combat rated B-24 Liberators.