Terry Simpson wrote in USMA 18863: >> I thought: >> USA UK >> millimetre ? mil >> 1/1000 inch mil thou > >I also thought of 'mil' as used in NATO for angles. There are 64000 in a >circle.
I think there are only 6400 military mils in a circle. In artillery, knowing the range to a target in kilometres and the error in metres from where the shells are landing to the target. the needed correction to the azimuth of the gun in mils is error/range. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
