How Aiming Artillery without Seeing Target Works

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0:00 What is Direct Fire for howitzers?
1:13 Why are different types of artillery?
1:27 What is a mortar system made of?
1:47 What is "riding the lightning"?
2:04 What is low angle fire and high angle fire?
3:48 Why do you need to dig a pit for a howitzer?
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5:33 Why soldiers look into the barrel of a howitzer?
5:50 How come the howitzer rammer (ramrod) is cured, not straight?
6:14 What are different types of fuses for howitzer rounds?
6:45 How many charges are needed to fire a howitzer?
7:11 How are howitzers aimed at the target?
8:52 How are howitzers aimed manually?
9:50 How is sniper fire similar to artillery fire?
10:17 What is bracketing?
10:48 How howitzer batteries ensure they don't hit friendly forces?
11:38 What are different types of artillery rounds? (smoke and illuminations rounds)
12:17 How are large artillery pieces transported?
13:10 What is the advantage of self-propelled artillery guns?
13:51 How did drones impact artillery operations?

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