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Mike C, good to hear from you again.
As it happens I'm reading The D-Day Dodgers by Daniel Dancocks and came upon the following reference. Just to set the quote into context, it is December, 1944, and I Canadian Corps is conducting its last offensive before the onset of winter weather in the Po Valley of northern Italy. After a disastorous first battle under his command, the new Corps Commander (Charles Foulkes) is planning a set piece battle to force a crossing of the Lamone River. The first attempt had lasted less than 12 hours before the Canadians were forced to withdraw, losing the better parts of the Royal Canadian Regiment and the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment in the process. Both battalion commanders, along with the commander of the 1st Brigade, were sacked. After a new attempt to force a crossing of the Lamone, the Corps will have to cross four canals before reaching its objective, the Senio River. Both of the rivers and all four of the canals had steep banks, high dykes, and were in full flow due to the autumn rains. Plus, of course, the Germans. Quote:
Further to gun and howitzer trajectories, the following quote highlights the danger to troops in the front line from their own artillery, even if the surveying is done correctly. This occurred at the start of the first, and ultimately unsuccessful, crossing of the Lamone. Quote:
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Thanks Dan, hard information on artillery usage seems hard to come by but it now appears there was a precedence to what those fellows were doing in Korea which to my eyes doesn't appear to be a combat situation, more of a test firing or tickle up? The situation just doesn't seem that serious.
Unfortunately Bill Ziegler doesn't give any information on what angle they were firing at and we will probably never know if all firings at that angle resulted in detonation. Perhaps the question of projectile attitude hasn't been asked because the majority of shells do detonate and it's of no more than technical interest. David
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Gilles, I will send info via PM on the weekend.
Barry
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As a minor detail, Stan Ketcheson, the acting CO of the Hasty Ps, was not sacked as he was wounded by mortars shortly after the battle. Oh, and 67 of the Hasty Ps were killed, seriously injured or captured in that battle. Chris Last edited by chrisgrove; 01-02-14 at 00:00. |
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