David, as an old "red-leg" cannon cocker we tend to be a very obsessive-compulsive bunch. Considering indirect fire field artillery calls for us to lob heavy loads of high explosive projectiles over the heads of friendly folks and hit targets we can't see, one can understand why we tend to get anal; especially when it's "danger close." A single mil mistake in quadrant or deflection comes out as meters downrange.

Funny thing is - as complex as it sounds at first - once you get it down it becomes second nature. It wasn't too long ago an officer I served with and I were kicking around some arty stuff - I observed the 30th anniversary of my leaving the service and after a few minutes it all came back. Now, trying to explain it to someone else...

This basic design of range finder goes back well before WW1, HMG platoons are sometimes pictured with them heres the manual "Handbook Marindin range finder", includes a whole bunch of photos showing its use lying, sitting, kneeling, standing and a whole bunch of others including holding the device vertical.

Heres all the Range Finder manuals currently online at the "Library of Victoria" covers Victorian to WW2 for Britain and some US...

Join to wish about tan plastic for 8th Army. Indian heavy wep. is awersome - must have

Thank you, Strelets for posting the pictures of the WWII Indians. That Light Tan is a great color for Desert Warfare. Can't wait to buy both the Infantry and Heavy Artillery, then next year it looks like 8th Army. In my 6 decades, you help me go full circle with my hobby. And oh, what a wonderful journey it's been!

Yay!

So good!!!

Excellent sculpting!

Is it a British soldier looking with disbelief at the Waterloo 1815 Hitler Brownshirts set? The mind boggles about who would want such a set!

Hopefully it will be Middle East/Far East heavy weapons set.