Any time you are under the control of the FO (OP to you - yer Canadian, no?) you would typically use the stakes. * If the fire was truly indirect, as in unable to see he target, yes. Would they 'always" be used in an indirect fire mission? ie: a bombardment of a town/emplacement etc. There was a whole set of arm and hand signals from gunner to ammo bearer on placing and alignment (If you really want this level of mythological detail, get with me off line).ĭepending on where the 105mm gun's sight was able to "see" out of the tank (I haven't thought of this before.) would be the direction that the poles were deployed.Ħ. * When at the bottom of the totem pole, one would typically have "ammo bearer helmet, dents at the top and a torn camo cover. How would they be placed in the ground? I have no idea how they were used. Ideal spacing was far pole at 100 meters and near at 50 meters. and typically had the "back side" painted OD or sand to prevent the enemy from observing them in a tactical environment - probably not an issue for an M-4 operation. * call it six to eight inches - equally spaced. What was the spacing of the red to white stripes?
I have just 1 pic from the ABM instructions of the "holder" on the hull, any better web references?Ĥ. I know because I got to carry them (but that is another story).ģ. in uneven or brushy terrain two poles would be fitted together. This included the lower approximately 8" that was pointed, and tapered to fit into another length. Does anyone know the lengths of these poles? (we regularly used ammo from the 50s with firing tables dated earlier) so here goes:ġ. please caveat this with the fact that this was from 1978 on, involved the M29A1 81mm Mortar - but I've seen nothing that would lead me to believe that other than the sighting system that there were any huge differences between this and any other 1940's Indirect Fire system.
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