FA Journal, January 1st, 2001
Nomads of the Battlefield
In the old days, determining the accurate location of artillery batteries and target elements so units could mass fires was the arduous task of the artillery surveyor--on foot with transits, aiming circles, tapes and slide rules. The magnitude of the effort was directly proportional to the number of units present, size and topography of the area of operations, the nature of the operations and the extent and accuracy of existing survey control.
Survey teams were nomads on the battlefield, operating during the day without higher level supervision and coming home at ...
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