Joseph B. Reid wrote: >As I understand it. the mil is only used for artillery aiming
Not quite. The mil is used as the default unit of angle for land forces. Use extends beyond artillery aiming into navigation and communication. As far as I am aware, land forces do not use degrees. I am under the impression that air forces use mils for targeting and air-to-ground communication, and degrees for navigation. I expect the navy does the same as the air force. >so the slight deviation from the true milliradian is of >no practical importance. This point is valid for human estimates and conversions. However, I am sure that military computers use radians. >Probably 20 rad is the largest that is used. Perhaps you meant to suggest 20 mrad. I have some experience of using mils.
