ARTILLERY INCIDENT REPORTS
No one ever said that
Artillery Gunnery was easy,
that rounds always land where you want them, or that
problems of every nature won't occur
This is a collection of
Incident Reports circulated to
alert all artillery units of procedural or command deficiencies
Note that the IR's do not specify the unit involved
MULTIPLE ERRORS FOUND
WRONG CHARGE; FIRING PROCEDURES LACKING
SERIOUS MISCOMMUNICATION
POLITICAL CLEARANCES
HIGH ANGLE VS. LOW ANGLE FIRING
MIXING H&I FIRES WITH FIRE MISSIONS
METRO-DEFLECTION CORRECTION, MIXED DATA TO GUNS
DEF-CONS NOT FIRED IN; ADJUSTING FIRE IN DARKNESS
MIXED-UP H&I TARGET NUMBERS