European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 01, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Pago 8 the stars and stripes wednesday May 1, 1968 stronger f f British see 6th in gis fire the 175s Frankfurt spec Iii Tak ing the att in t new to men \ of the v corps 6th in. 9th arty but the firing of the 175mm self propelled gun Over inhabited Vil Lages and towns at the British training Range at Bergen Holme approximately 35 Miles South of Hamburg was definitely out of the Ordinary. The Bergen Ilohne trip part fan Exchange training program with the 20th heavy arty Reg of the British army of the Rhine which is firing at designed to strengthen Bonds Between the two nato problems involving British units a n d the 6th enwere conducted during the two week period on the Bergen Ilohne Range. As far As we know this is the Lages Over Hills and Dales. It actually More of a tactical situation which makes the problem much More brigadier l e o ii. Plummer British commander of the 1st arty brigade found the problem not Only interesting but helpful. He viewed it As improving his units abilities with the 175mm by exchanging technical operational know it s a great help to us to belong Side what i Call the owners of the equipment because you have the technical know How on the 175. And already i noticed As i went around my Battery to Day we had picked up some thing from one of your battalions a Way to make sure the charge was located correctly. And one of my warrant officers made a Story by Frank a. Tiern Yarmy photos by John s. Abramson first american 175mm unit to take their att at this j said maj. Thomas g. Lightnr executive officer of the 6th in. It serves As quite a Challenge to a Battery commander. I All of our personnel Are work ing in a different locale and in different terrain. And i must say that it improves everyone s map Reading ability. One definitely needs to know his map in order to get men of the 6th in not Only experienced n e w surroundings they had to adapt to a different method of s u r v e y i n g their courses in order to Lay their shells on there Aren t As Many fixed landmarks so the me have to take Sun readings to get their fixes and then they Grafe Woehr they have fixed landmarks and they Survey co ordinates off of explained 1st it. Ralph Beckwith rang safety officer. Greater Range differences Al Lowed the 175mm Crews to fire up to 19,000 meters which i farther than could be achieved at s been quite unique in a Way 1st it. James v. Blanton co of Btry a said. Our tests Are normally at Grafe Woehr and after firing there a while you get to know the firing Points pretty Well. They give you an overlay of the situation and More or less you Knoy where to go from the be , it s not quite that Way. You May be going through Vil clothing store in . Security Region s Best w i Quicksand England Spe Cial with the most accurate forecast of the year s inventory and sales the c h i e k s a n d s clothing store has won first place in the european Security Region for the Safe Best clothing Sale inventory manager award of 19 57.s. Sgt. William Partin stoic. Is assisted at the store by s. Williamson and airmail . Sylvester Baker. Top opt Man named Rhein main a Germany special m. Sgt. Donald of the 1945th communications so has been named therein main air base Zero defects Man of the Quarter. He Isth Coic of the base communications Center. Copy of the Small piece of equip ment that he had seen your chaps use. So there we be gained something straight away. Of course we Are delighted Tosee somebody other than our own up Here. Your artillery Doe things in a slightly different Way than ours. It s always interesting for any artillerymen to meet other artillerymen and to see How their techniques differ be cause we can All certainly Lear from each differences in firing and set Ting up the 175mm were As Dif Ferent for the americans assume of the language that the British used. Language problem understanding one another can be a slight problem a times plumbers said. One of my officers was try ing to get directions from one of your chaps and i think he said i believe y o u r battalion up command Post is Down that tank track on the left and the american answered right and so he said no i m sure it s on the left and the american said right he was meaning to say Correct and that was cleared up after a Little Dis sgt. George Luper of wry a 6th in is Given last minute advice on sighting the British 175mm gun. Staff sgt. Hugh Norris also gets an earful from warrant officer. In a reversal of roles . Soldiers learn How to sight the american 175mm weapon. The teacher is safety officer 2nu it. Robert Hill
