Artillery Reconnaissance
An army artillery reconnaissance regiment has 2 battalions: the first battalion has a sound ranging battery
(zvukovaia razvedka), one radio-technical reconnaissance battery, and one optical reconnaissance battery; the second
battalion has a photography battery, a topo-geodetic battery, and a meteorological service battery.
ARTILLERY RECONNAISSANCE EXPECTED LOCATION ERRORS | ||
Reconnaissance System | Range Error - % Range from Observer | Deflection Error - % Rg from Observer or m |
Visual Recon Theodolite | 0.5-0.8 | 0.1 |
Stereoscopic Telescope | 0.8-1.1 | 0.2 |
Range finder | 1.0-1.5 | 0.2-0.3 |
(Dependent on range finder base) | (1.0-1.2) | (0.1) |
Flash ranging | Large (0.5-0.8) | Large (0.1) |
Timing flashes | Large | - |
Sound Ranging | 1.0 (1.0) | 0.4 (0.4) |
Helicopter Recon | (1.4) | (0.9) |
Radar | A few meters | |
Visual Detection from an Aircraft (No instruments) | 100-150 meters CEP (50-70 meters) | |
Aerial Photo | 15-20 meters CEP |