Elements of military sketching and map reading (1917)
Barnes, John Bryson, 1876- · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 93
e topof the sheet measures 50 mils; at 10 inches, 100 mils. For years, the landscape sketch has been used byField Artillery in target designation. Its value inconnection with rifle fire has only recently been appre-ciated by Infantry.2 2 In field artillery firing, deflections to the right or… … LANDSCAPE SKETCHING SS The deflection, or lateral distance of the target fromthe Reference Point is given in mils. This deflectionand the range in yards are both entered along theupper margin of the paper together with any ex-planatory data. The error in deflection should neverexceed lO mils.…
Military topography · Maps, Military
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