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During World War II, sound ranging was a mature technology and widely used, particularly by the British (in corps level artillery survey regiments) and Germans (in Beobachtungsabteilungen). Development continued and better equipment was introduced, particularly for locating mortars.
The 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion was a United States Army unit that saw action in the Battle of the Bulge in World War II. Their main mission was to identify the location of enemy artillery using the "sound and flash" technique (sound ranging and flash spotting). [1]
By September 1916, Tucker's new microphones had been supplied to all sound-ranging sections. [6] In 1917, sound-ranging was further developed so that allowances could be made for poor weather conditions, as sudden gusts of wind could cool the wire: the most effective method found was to wrap the devices in several layers of camouflage netting. [8]
Artillery sound and flash ranging remained in use through World War II and in its latest forms until the present day, although flash spotting generally ceased in the 1950s due to the widespread adoption of flashless propellants and the increasing range of artillery.
Coastal artillery: Fixed-position weapons dedicated to defense of a particular location, usually a coast (for example, the Atlantic Wall in World War II) or harbor. Not needing to be mobile, coastal artillery used to be much larger than equivalent field artillery pieces, giving them longer range and more destructive power.
Sonar (sound navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation under water (or occasionally in air) to navigate, communicate or to detect other vessels. There are two kinds of sonar – active and passive. A single active sonar can localize in range and bearing as well as measuring radial speed.
Soldiers, with 18th Field Artillery Brigade, fire of rockets from three High Mobility Artillery Rocket System during a training exercise in July 2022. Behind the scenes as artillery fires at Fort ...
The Artillery Committee (known in short as the Artkom), then led by R.A. Durlyakhov, set up an artillery design bureau in November 1920, with Frantz Lender as its leader. . This design bureau was entrusted with work on "a 203mm howitzer with long range" in January 1926, with the Artkom issuing a resolution on December 11, 1926 to "entrust the Artkom design bureau with designing a 203mm ...