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Re: Comments on the units

From: Alexandre E Eremenko (no email)
Date: Fri Apr 07 2006 - 14:59:44 EDT

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    And the compass ("bussole" in Soviet artillery,
    but compass in the Soviet Navy)
    was divided into 60 parts, correct?

    Do US and British Armies use degrees?
    A.

    On Fri, 7 Apr 2006, jean-philippe planas wrote:

    > The French artillery (and infantry)
    > uses division called "thousandth" (millième") as well. "One Thousandth"
    > is the angle of an object one meter high seen from a 1000m (1 km
    > distance) with the same conclusions as Alex.
    > JPP


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