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JCook88.JPGSetting up the field FDC160 viewsYou didn't get a diploma from Gunnery unless you could use an RDP fan (range deflection protractor). Deflection readings go to the guns while Quadrant Elevation (QE) must be calculated.
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JCook13.jpgThe 105mm bullet152 viewsA piece of 105mm shrapnel taken from a VC.
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JCook5.jpgField Services151 viewsOutdoor mass in the field.
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JCook34.JPGMarch, 1966151 viewsGun Section emplacement, March 1966. Note the very neat circle of sandbags. You can tell this howitzer passed a "stateside" inspection before being shipped to Nam. Note the "shield" is still on the right side.
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JCook87.JPGGetting Started - no frills FDC, 1966151 viewsI take the coordinates, plot Battery Center on the chart and then use the RDP (Range Deflection Protractor) or "the fan" to get ranges to target.
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JCook8.jpgPuff, the Magic Dragon149 viewsNight firing exercise by Puff.
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JCook10.jpgDee-Fense148 viewsGrabbing material of some sort to improve our defensive position.
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JCook-131.JPGTea Plantation, October, 1966147 viewsIt almost looks organized.
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JCook-130.JPG"Artillery furniture"146 viewsAmmo crate slates were the building blocks of artillery furniture. (Note. Later units brought furniture building out of crates to an art form.)
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JCook49.JPGOur Arrival145 viewsA bulldozer leads the way straight through the jungle.
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JCook9.jpgDemonstration144 viewsWe're showing the ARVNs how we fill sandbags. They were glad to let us do it.
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JCook-119.JPGRiding the trails139 viewsHere is a Lambretta bus riding along old gun pit and APC trails.
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