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> Nitpick: The children would have to move very quickly to get there during the time of flight of the shell (a few seconds). Double nitpick: 155mm artillery ra
by woodman 9y ago
> Nitpick: The children would have to move very quickly to get there during the time of flight of the shell (a few seconds).
Double nitpick: 155mm artillery rarely has a time of flight of a "few seconds" - as they usually call "splash" 5 seconds before the anticipated impact in order to give the forward observer a heads up. A TOF of a minute isn't unusual - in that time a lot can happen.
- forapurpose 9y agoDon't they have a range of something like 20 miles, which would take much more than a few seconds? And that is measured in a straight line from the gun to the target; the shell, of course, takes the long way.