The Chieftain's Hatch: 645th at Anzio
Дата: 14.05.2019 06:56:55
The_Chieftain: Hmm. I take the point of it being more correct, but in common use
at least I'm in good company. From Wiki: "In military science
nomenclature, a quick reaction force (QRF), also known as a quick
reactionary force, is an armed military unit capable of rapidly
responding to developing situations..." English is indeed
not my first language, it's more a form of Hiberno-American.
I shared your question about ranges, but that was fairly quickly
put to rest firstly by the use of the distance tool in Google Maps
to do some tests, and then by simply looking at the scale in the
bottom left corner of the period map and making an estimate. If the
units were indeed more or less in their reported grids, and the
enemy at the grids reported by the units, which seem to pass the
'sanity' test of them being on roads etc, then the extreme ranges
are correct. It may also be why there was such prodigious use of
ammunition, HE to spot the fall of shot as well as have effects
after AP had "petered out" a bit. From the American perspective, I
can understand it. If you have the ammo, and supply seems to have
been one thing the Americans were not short on, why not fire at
targets, even if it takes a few rounds to score the first hit? Even
if you just force them back without killing them, you've done your
job.
The Chieftain's Hatch: 645th at Anzio