European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 21. 19h6 the stars and stripes Page 9 digging into the past hum a 5�s by Ovll of to is. A win it he army Herzo artillery Bast near Nuernberg dig for world Wai 11-cn Gemma thu Unk rocket us och. A Crew mirth a the tint la Aachen Friday blk laying Telephone lines at the base. Since then More than 2,000 at the weapons hive been uncovered. German ordnance disposal personnel and army Soldier expect to finish the cleanup work Friday. New fist system headed for Europe by Mike Heron emus suit writer Vilseck. Germany the army newest artillery tire support system will be Ridden by Blackhorse soldiers of the11th army Cav regl beginning this month. Sixteen of the fire support team vehicles fist will be turned Over to the Fulda Germany regiment s three cavalry squadrons during a ceremony at he combined arms training Center Nea Vilseck aug. 27, said capt. Audie d. Zimmerman . Army Materiel come Europe Fielding officer. Fifteen will go to he squadrons and one will be used As maintenance float he said. More than 260 fists will be fielded in usage or during the next year Zim Merman said. That will put the new sys tem into every Field artillery battalion in Usa eur by july 1987 if All goes As in the plans he said. After 11th army Cav regt he fist will be fielded in sequence in 2nd army Cav regt 1st annd div 2nd army div fwd3rd inf div 1st inf div fwd and 8th inf div Zimmerman said. Fielding in Europe will include Pom Cus a repositioning of Materiel configured to unit sets storage for Issue to stateside units coming to Europe for re forger return of forces to Germany exercises or in wartime he said. Most of that will be done beginning in the fall of1987, Zimmerman said. Fists have already been fielded Ai fort Hood Texas fort Stewart  the g h . Army in Korea he said. The fist replaces a Mored person Nel carriers outfitted As intermediate fire support team fist vehicles said Sec. Peter Jennings who works with Zimmerman o Field Light combat vehicles in Europe including the fist. The fist replaced the Forward observer with binoculars and a digital Mes Sage device the Soldier used to pinpoint targets for Field artillery fire Jennings  was an armoured personnel car Rier with a ground vehicle locator laser designator a Vlad that could be mounted on the pc s so Caliper machine gun mount or detached for Dis mounted use. The a Vlad commonly called a Grid is the apparatus used to pinpoint targets Call in artillery ire and illuminate targets with j laser beam. With the did mounted in a head unit on top of an my i3a2 armoured personnel Carrier the improved arc be comes a fist. The top mounted Grid allows the operator to stay inside the pc instead of standing up in the vehicle s Hatchway or operating outside the Carrier. The design of the head makes the vehicle look like the army s improved Tow vehicle which fires tube launched optically tracked wire guided missiles. The design was a deliberate deception to discourage enemy engagement with the fist Zimmerman said. The fists have m113a2 hulls re built at the Mainz army depot to in clude exterior fuel tanks and the Grid head unit which comes from the slates As one unit and just slips on top Zim Merman  being made for an improved Model of the fist include belter trans Mission and Armor to make it faster More reliable and safer Jennings  improvements will allow the fist to keep up with the Abrams Tan Sand Bradley infantry fighting vehicle of army divisions he said. Employee s memo prompts charge . Interfering in German election Mainz Germany a the opposition social democratic party has claimed that the . Military i interfering in Rhineland Pfalz stale politics in Advance of a local election. Tuesday charge stems from an internal memorandum leaked to the German Media in recent Days. But a Usa eur spokesman in Heidelberg told the stars and stripes wednesday thai toe memo is Only one civilian employee s opinion not the . Government position. The memo urged that changes m the hiring of Oral civilians not be put into effect until after the May 1987 slate  said the american military should favor the state i ruling conservative Christian democratic party which is Well disposed to the . Forces. The change would result in a loss of local jobs the memo said. It implied that a drop in employment could Hurt the Christian democrats at the palls. Rudolf Scharping. Social democratic stale chair Man said the memorandum is proof of the . Mili tary � interference in local politics. _ i cannot accept that military forces stationed with us interfere in the political process of our land Scharping said in a radio interview. Sec. Bob Leniner a Usa eur spokesman played Down the memorandum. It is strictly the recommendation of one person and not official policy he said. The memo was written by a civilian who works forthe Deputy chief of staff for Host nation activities a a Usa eur As a Liaison officer Lentner told the Stan and stripes. The Man who was not named works in Wiesbaden and his area of coverage is Hessen Rhein land Pfalz and Saarland. Lentner described the memo As a status report on issues in his  the report leaked to the Media Isone month old already Lentner said. He gets paid to Render his opinion and that s what he did Lentner said. Someone made copies and sent it o the press and everyone s taking it like it s govern ment position. It s not. Lentner said Gen. Glenn k. Otis Usa eur com Mander told reporters in june there would be no Large scale reduction in German and american positions ., Egypt plan secret sex Washington a the aircraft earner for Restal was steaming toward the Eastern Mediterranean wednesday in route w a Small military exercise Wither up Pentagon officials said. Details of the exercise Are classified warships for egyptian i ithe mat Fin Cairo refused to discuss France sunday do n sources acknowledged that an exercise pm punned after reports of it emanated from Libya. The official libyan news Agency Jama said tues Day that a Deputy libyan Leader had urged egyptians to attack . Service members participating in the to provide any substantive de exer beyond saying it would be naval jul would not involve any ground troops. Planned military exercise in  Agency monitored in Nicosia said maj. Abdel see Abdusalam Jalloul was speaking during a banquet in the libyan capital. Tripoli monday night in Honor of vis iting ugandan president Owen mus Eveni. Military Roundup nato s Mobile Force to join exercise in Italy Heidelberg nato s Allied come Europe Mobile Force will deploy to Northeast Italy sept. 9-23for Allegro Exchange 86. The exercise is designed to practice plans and proce dures that Ace Mobile Force land May be required to execute during periods of International tension an Ace news release said. Key companies of the Mobile Force will deploy a full complement of troops and equipment to exercise with the 5th italian corps. The remainder of the Force will conduct the exercise from command posts Only. Belgium Germany Italy Luxembourg England and the United states will contribute land forces for the exercise. Ace Mobile Force air will provide combat aircraft from Belgium Germany and Italy. The air component will be under the operational control of the 5lh Allied tac air Force. Italian army Gen. Giorgio Donati commander of the Allied land forces Southern Europe will coordinate the exercise. Center offering seminar on German government Darmstadt Germany a two Day seminar on. The German government Worth College credit at the University of Maryland and including a free rip to Bonn is being offered through the Darmstadt education office. The aug. 31-sept. I seminar which includes a tour of the German parliament in Bonn is open to everyone. Sixty applications will be accepted on a first come first served basis. Students Are required to pay Only for tuition. There will be a series of lectures at the Darmstadt education Center on the first Day with sept. 1 reserved for round trip bus travel from Darmstadt to Bonn and a tour of parliament. A free lunch will be provided. The German government has provided 17,000 Marks $5, for the seminar. Interested persons can Cal Darcy Cole at 061s l-9-l 14 for More information. Com Pudlis tin Sun mid Topin inn we from in mum