JS>VH>The best place to see demos is at Fort Sill, Oklahoma -- that's the
JS>VH>Artillery School. Fort Benning (Infantry) and Fort Knox (Armor) just
JS>VH>can't throw enough downrange to match a battalion of artillery. :-)
JS>Nor can you sit behind the guns and actually _see_ the round go
JS>downrange. This always fascinated me. I'd lose the round about halfway
JS>out to a 4000 yard target or so, but you could guess pretty well where it
JS>was going to hit.
I used to watch four-deuce and 81mm mortar rounds go up and up and up
and finally disappear from sight. It's a neat thing to watch.
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