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Old 06-04-2016, 02:17 PM   #113
Curmudgeon
 
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Default Re: [Basic] Skill of the week: Artillery (and Forward Observer)

Sorry about the unexplained symbol. ₥ is short for mils (which is itself short for milli-radians). There are 2π radians in a circle and, in the military, it's rounded off to 6400₥, (except the Soviets apparently rounded it off to 6300). The old story is "There are 6282₥ in a circle. The Soviets said, 'That's stupid, we'll round it off to 6300₥.' and we said, "The Soviets are stupid. There are four cardinal directions, we'll round it off to 6400₥, so it works out even.'."

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