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From: UPEMB%SEGUC11@gd3090.gd.chalmers.se (Mikael Borgman)
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Subject: Re: High angle clarification
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Date: 19 Apr 91 11:00:53 GMT
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From: Mikael Borgman <UPEMB%SEGUC11@gd3090.gd.chalmers.se>


Just a thougth concerning the elevation of guns, howitzers and such.
How do you measure elevation? The angle between the barrel and the ground,
or the angle between the barrel and a straight line from the gun to the target.

>From: thos@suite.sw.oz.au (Thomas Cohen)
>Although AA guns are allowed to fire over 45deg I believe ;^)

It seems that if you define elevation in the second way a AA-gun would fire
with elevations of less than 45 deg, thus it is defined as a gun.

(I could imagine a AA-howitzer firing at angels above 45 deg and hitting an
aircraft from above, but you'll need a hell of a fire control system :-)

Mikael Borgman
upemb%seguc11 at gd3090.gd.chalmers.se