Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! - Artillery

I would say no. If you project forward you end up with smart shells that
can
be targeted using atmospheric drones, onboard targeting and such. I
remember
reading an article once that talked about artillery shells designed to
be
fired beyond the horizon that switched to an active targeting mode to
acquire their own  

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Subject: Re: [GZG] Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi! - Artillery

Hi all

Can I just jump in about this point of yours John.

"But modern artillery needs only moments to prepare to fire.  The long
setup times to conduct indirect fire in WWII were required to
accurately survey the gun positions, something done by GPS positioning
nowdays."

In a Sci-Fi planet assault scenario your unlikely to have GPS to rely
on.
Does modern day artillery without GPS become no better than it's WWII
ancestor? 

Cheers

-- 
Jeremey
www.germy.co.uk

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