┌──────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┬────────────────┐
│ SYSTEM. │ EXAMPLE A. │ EXAMPLE B. │ EXAMPLE C. │
├──────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┼────────────────┤
│1. Announce the │Reference point │Reference point │Reference point │
│ general │ at 12 o’clock │ to our right │ to our right │
│ direction of the│ │ front │ front. │
│ reference point │ │ │ │
│2. Announce the │Single house │High peak │High peak. │
│ reference point │ with 2 │ │ │
│ (the most │ chimneys │ │ │
│ prominent object│ │ │ │
│ in the zone │ │ │ │
│ indicated) │ │ │ │
│3. Announce │Target at 8 │Target at 5 │Target at 4 │
│ position of │ o’clock │ o’clock │ o’clock. │
│ target with │ │ │ │
│ respect to │ │ │ │
│ reference point │ │ │ │
│4. Announce the │Machine-gun │A hostile patrol│A hostile │
│ objective │ │ │ patrol. │
│5. Announce range │Range 1,000 │Range 900 │Range 800. │
└──────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┴────────────────┘
PROCEDURE.
1. All men look in direction indicated by 1.
2. Reference point is found in the indicated direction.
3. A clock face (vertical) is imagined centered on reference point
and look along the line through the indicated o’clock, and
4. Find the objective at —
5. ...... yards from the firing line.
CASE (D).
[Illustration:
SIGHT LEAF, FINGER, OR UNIT SYSTEM.
(When targets are indistinct or invisible, and to define sectors.)
]
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