Enhanced meteorological accuracy test trial CoMETFire - Weather Services Play a Central Role

摘要

Two NATO working groups on meteorogical services have concluded that 67 % of errors in the opening of artillery fire are caused by weather, while 22% depend on the aerodynamics of the ammunition and 10% on differences in muzzle velocity. Consequently, the most effective way to influence the accuracy of artillery fire is to reduce the influence of weather by using advanced weather observation methods. The objective of the CoMET-fire test firing was to fire some 600 shots with the German PzH 2000 (PanzarHaupitze 2000) howitzer at a range of 27 kilometers. During the test firing period, several groups of weather servicemen were positioned in various locations in North Jutland, seven of them utilizing sounding systems and one using a wind profiler.