I was thinking more along the lines of a Trebuchet.
treb·u·chet
ˌtrebyəˈSHet/
noun
- a machine used in medieval siege warfare for hurling large stones or other missiles.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a Trebuchet.
treb·u·chet
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noun
Okay Mr. Francophone.
Recalling from DS #1's Middle School Science Olympiad, which featured a Trebuchet event:
A Trebuchet has an articulated arm or a sling attached to the main lever as opposed to a catapult which has an unarticulated arm. A similar comparison would be the arm actions of a baseball pitcher (trebuchet) to a cricket bowler (catapult).
3 out of 4 Knights would agree that the trebuchet achieves greater distance, but the catapult greater accuracy when hurling plague infested bodies and rotting animal carcasses over castle walls.
I'm sure @-Bull- has an opinion.
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Angle of SI (site) = VI (vertical interval)/ RG (range) (in thousands) x the smart guy factor (1.0186)
Anybody that tells you there are 6400 mils in a circle is lying
^boring. Hurling rotten carcasses sounds way more fun.
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Or holy hand grenades.
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By the way, if anyone’s curious there are 6,283 mils in a circle.
Do you use milligrads when you aim your gun OCONUS?
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Thankfully not, I’d hate to see the crew if I have them a deflection of 25,000.
Interesting enough, other nations divide their circles into different amounts of mils. NATO is 6400, but Sweden is 6300, and the former Soviet Union was 6000.
you mean when they finally report to their first assignment after branch schools?
Maybe Medical Corps after 4-6 years of medical school and JAG after 3 years of law school.
Maybe Medical Corps after 4-6 years of medical school and JAG after 3 years of law school.
I was looking at the Naval 2018 Selection (where there is no discussion!).
For comparison
1. AD=Air Defense
2. AG=Adjutant General
3. AR=Armor
4. AV=Aviation - Navy Pilot- 233, Navy NFO -67, USMC Pilot -67
5. CM=Chemical Corps
6. CY=Cyber
7. EN=Engineers - CEC -4, EOD -15
8. FA=Field Artillery - Subs -136 (firing systems)
9. FI=Financial
10. IN=Infantry - SWO -260 - USMC Ground - 183
11. MI=Military Intel - Intel -6
12. MP=Military Police
13. MS=Medical Corps - Medical -12
14. OD=Ammo, Mech. Maintenance, Ordinance
15. QM=Quartermaster - Supply- 10
16. SC=Signal Corps - CW -17
17. TC=Transportation Corps
SEAL- 34 - Army only allow Captains to try out for 18A SFAS.
For comparison
1. AD=Air Defense
2. AG=Adjutant General
3. AR=Armor
4. AV=Aviation - Navy Pilot- 233, Navy NFO -67, USMC Pilot -67
5. CM=Chemical Corps
6. CY=Cyber
7. EN=Engineers - CEC -4, EOD -15
8. FA=Field Artillery - Subs -136 (firing systems)
9. FI=Financial
10. IN=Infantry - SWO -260 - USMC Ground - 183
11. MI=Military Intel - Intel -6
12. MP=Military Police
13. MS=Medical Corps - Medical -12
14. OD=Ammo, Mech. Maintenance, Ordinance
15. QM=Quartermaster - Supply- 10
16. SC=Signal Corps - CW -17
17. TC=Transportation Corps
SEAL- 34 - Army only allow Captains to try out for 18A SFAS.
For 2017: branch detail/total
Donor Branches
Military Intelligence - 41/67
Finance - 5/8
Signal Corps - 21/46
Adjutant General - 10/24
Recipient Branches
Infantry - 44
Armor - 13
Field Artillery - 18
Chemical - 8
Numbers of donors (77) does not equal number of recipients (83). Probably a few others detailed before going to grad school, etc.
Hard to really do this comparison. At USNA many of these fields like Intel and supply are only open to those not physically qualified for unrestricted line. Other fields like CEC can usually be a mix of NPQ and physically qualified who competed. Navy and USMC also do not have branch detail and ADSO or whatever it is called like the Army does.