A military artillery observer or spotter is responsible for directing artillery and mortar fire onto a target, and may be a Forward Air Controller (FAC) for close air support and spotter for naval gunfire support. Also known as "Forward Observer", "Fire Support Specialist", or "FISTer". Most commonly observers accompany a tank or infantry manoeuvre unit. More recently a mission controller for an Army Unmanned Air System (UAS) may also act as an artillery observer and some armies use special artillery patrols behind the enemy's forward elements.
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Broadly, there are two very different approaches to artillery observation. Either the observer has command authority and orders fire, including the type and amount of ammunition to be fired, to batteries. Or the observer requests fire from an artillery headquarters at some level, which decides if fire will be provided, by which batteries, and the type and amount of ammunition to be provided. The first is characterised by the British, the second by the United States. In World War II both Germany and the Soviet Union tended towards the British method.
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The supervisor of the “Observatory 80” specializing in tracking military movements told Enab Baladi that the regime was observed sending military equipment, including artillery and rocket ...
The supervisor of the “Observatory 80,” which specializes in monitoring military movements, “Abu Amin,” told Enab Baladi that the regime was observed sending military ...
... seven suicide drones, resulting in injuries and damage to a vehicle and an olive-picking workshop, while the village of Kadoura near a Turkish observation point was subjected to artillery shelling.
... artillery and rocket fire, though no injuries were reported ... The village of Kadura, near a Turkish observation point, also experienced artillery shelling, though the extent of damage remains unclear.
President Volodymyr Zelensky in February said the number of Ukrainian servicemen confirmed killed was around 31,000 -- a figure observers say is likely an underestimate — but the number of missing and wounded has never been disclosed.
Over the past four years, the nuclear-armed neighbors had moved fighter jets, artillery and missiles closer to the boundary and deployed thousands of troops in a military buildup that had alarmed observers.
Over the last four years, the nuclear-armed neighbors had moved fighter jets, artillery and missiles closer to the boundary and deployed thousands of troops in a military buildup that had alarmed ...
Subsequently, the DPRK asked its military units in the capital city and the southern border area to reinforce anti-air observation posts, and "decided to keep the combined artillery units and the ...
Subsequently, the DPRK asked its military units in the capital city and the southern border area to reinforce anti-air observation posts, and "decided to keep the combined artillery units and the ...
Some artillery pieces dating back to World War II have also recently been observed replacing the thousands of modern Howitzers destroyed by Ukrainian drones along the front lines.
Observers say Pyongyang and Moscow... Other observers point out the North is likely to engage in stronger provocations with Russia at its back, further intensifying its rivalry with the South Korea-U.S.
The country's Defense Ministry also said Sunday that air-defense observation posts have been reinforced in Pyongyang, according to state-run media. Photo shows an artillery firing drill overseen by ...
KCNA said North Korea on Tuesday tested a long-range artillery system that observers say pose a direct threat to Seoul, the South Korean capital, which is only an hour’s drive from the border.
