Artillery Weapons, Equipment and Ammunition

1. Differentiate the types of artillery weapons, distinguish them according to the criteria of construction characteristics.
2. Discover historical development and the function within each phase.
3. Analyze functionally dependent activity of each construction element.
4. Apply accessories, instruments and devices
5. Differentiate artillery ammunition and know how to apply elementary types of ammunition;
6. Use the activities of gun crew at artillery weapons and take command over the squad during live firing.
7. Use the available literature and materials on the Internet concerning artillery armament, fittings, instruments, devices, equipments and ammunition.
8. Apply the acquired knowledge in further studying process and work in units after finishing the study;
9. Use the acquired knowledge in working with the subordinates in the training process;
10. Apply technical and technological achievements in the development of artillery armament, fitting, instruments, ammunition and equipment, educate professionally, upgrade and transfer knowledge and skills upon the subordinates:

Lecture in the classroom

Exercises in the cabinet

Education in the artillery unit

Observation of artillery firing at the artillery range

1. Lectures: Historical development of artillery weapons (AW) 1; L: Guidelines for the development of AW1; L: Purpose and division of AW1; L: Tactical-technical features of AW: battle, construction and exploitation features of AW1; L: Main parts AW - description and purpose: barrel with breech, cradle, anti-recoil device, lafets 2 Exercises: 0
2. Lectures: Aiming devices (remote control, local device, quadrant, panorama, collimator - purpose, TT data, main parts, preparation for work 2; L: Artillery accessories, instruments and devices: description and purpose of artillery compass and artillery laser range finder 2; Exercises: Artillery Accessories, Instruments and Devices: artillery compass and artillery laser rangefinder - preparation for work 2
3. Lectures: Artillery accessories, instruments and devices: bundler (description and purpose) 2; L: Adjustment of focused beam, normal beam and beam to target width (corrections due to beam, beam correction) 2; Exercises: Adjustment of focused beam, normal beam and target width beam (corrections due to beam, beam correction) 2
4. Lectures: Artillery ammunition (division, components of a classic artillery charge, fuses, projectiles) 2; L: Servicing and maintenance AW: basic maintenance, technical maintenance and periodic inspections of artillery weapons, equipment and ammunition 2; Exercises: Service and maintenance of AW: check of the anti-recoil system, artificial recoil of the barrel, disassembly and assembly of the breech block 2
5. Lectures: Handling and maintenance of artillery weapons: crew, composition and tasks of crew 2; Exercises: Service and maintenance of AW: service work (disassembly, ready to fire, ready to walk) 2; E: Service and maintenance of AW: aiming with the optical sight, aiming with the panorama on the collimator, aiming with the panorama on the pickets, aiming at the distant target points 2
6. Lectures: Artillery accessories, instruments and devices: measurement of the upper cover, selection of the place for the firing position regard to the height of the cover, the height of the cover and the local angle of the cover 2; Exercises: Artillery Accessories, Instruments and Devices: Artillery compass – measuring horizontal angles, measuring vertical angles, measuring distances using pickets and badges, determining the place of zero 2; V: Indirect firing: pointing the weapon to the azimuth of the basic direction (AzBD), aiming check 2
7. Colloquium 1
8. Lectures: 0 Exercises: Teaching visit to the artillery unit: Servicing and maintenance AW: main parts - description, purpose and principle of operation of weapons available in the artillery unit, e.g. PzH 2000HRV, SVLR "GRAD", SVLR "VULKAN", SH 122mm "GVOZDIKA", and meteorological station ("VAISALA") 6
9. Lectures: Adjustment of focused beam, normal beam and beam to target width (corrections due to beam, beam correction) 2; Exercises: Indirect shooting: aiming weapons in the AzBD, checking direction, determining the distance and offset of weapons, working according to orders for shooting, determining the repair of the beam, keeping the minutes of the platoon commander 4
10. Lectures: 0 Exercises: Artillery combat shooting at the artillery range: monitoring the performance of works and procedures with clarification and presentation by expert staff - instructors during: directing weapons in the AzBD, checking the direction, determining the distance and distance of the weapons, working according to orders for shooting, determining the repair of the beam, keeping records platoon commanders, the work of servers and squad commanders when serving weapons, preparing ammunition for shooting, etc. 6
11. Lectures: 0 Exercises: Teaching visit to the Maintenance depo - Zagreb: familiarization with the scope of work of the Repair Facility and the process of organization and implementation of maintenance AW 6
12. Lectures: 0 Exercises: indirect firing: aiming the weapon in the AzBD, checking the direction, determining the distance and offset of the weapon, working according to firing orders, determining the beam repair 6
13. Lectures: Direct and semi-indirect shooting: direct shooting of stationary and moving targets, semi-indirect shooting, transition from one to another shooting and vice versa 2; Exercises: Direct and semi-indirect shooting: direct shooting of stationary and moving targets, semi-indirect shooting, transition from one to another shooting and vice versa 4
14. Lectures: 0 Exercises: Seminar papers of cadets 6
15. Colloquium 2