Re: BREN/BAR THOUGHTS

Oh, no, FADAC was a cantankerous beast on the best of days. I liked
Tacfire
as a system, and understand that BCS is very slick ( I only saw
prototypes).
I just think the human being in charge needs a solid grounding in
gunnery
fundamentals otherwise he just becomes a button pusher. I've been out
since
'82, so I'm way out of date.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don M" <dmaddox1@hot.rr.com>
To: <gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: BREN/BAR THOUGHTS

> Don't tell me your longing for that dinosaur FADAC?
> The fire control computer that was (just) bigger than
> your FDC track, and (just) faster than my grandmother
> in a snow storm....) Charts and darts were faster!
>
> I don't know how long you've been out but the Paladin
> has had some really interesting firing incidents. Like the
> latest one (year ago now) the GPS was off and the new
> E-5 chief fired 300mils out! In my day I would stick my
> head out the hatch and orient on the impact area, call me
> silly but I trust no one when I'm shooting! Needless to
> say a few heads rolled on that one as the round landed
> off Fort Hood and hit this old guy's yard lol.
>
> They're all hooked on GPS and the PLUGER no one
> terrain associates .......scary, glad I'm done!
>
> Don
>
> > I remember feeling the same way when Tacfire came into the
inventory. I
> find
> > myself wondering sometimes if any of the LTs these days still know
how
to
> > crank a mission with chart paper, an RDP, and a GFT.
>
>