Do Unto Others Counter Bombardment in Australia’s Military Campaigns eBook Alan H Smith
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Since 1899, the significant role Australian gunners have played in supporting the Australian Military Forces’ campaigns has been well-documented. They have gallantly and whole-heartedly supported Australian, British, New Zealand and Indian armies in both World Wars, the Korean and Borneo Confrontation Wars and most recently the Vietnam War.
Most Australian military historical accounts focus on the support role gunners played to cavalry and infantry rather than counter bombardment activities, where they used artillery fire to locate and destroy and/or neutralise enemy artilleryand mortars. Do Unto Others is a comprehensive history of the use of counter bombardment from the inception of this technique in the First World War, through to the Vietnam campaign.
The ‘art of counter bombardment’ originated during the First
World War, when an Australian scientist, William Bragg, a
lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, along with Australian
physicists and enthusiasts, developed a method of locating
enemy guns using the physics of sound, called ‘sound ranging’,
and meteorology. From this time the Australian Military Forces
in their campaigns have been major beneficiaries of counter
bombardment, which became increasingly more sophisticated
with the advent of radar location during World War 2 and the
last big artillery war of the 20th century in Korea.
Counter bombardment reached new heights with the Vietnam
War, the first time the Australian Army deployed its own
locating battery to a war zone, allowing gunners to achieve
outstanding results and an enviable reputation for locating
skills. Vietnam culminated in a triumph for the ‘scientific
method’ across many disciplines and the efforts of the many
dedicated gunners involved in counter bombardment over the
58 year period since introduction of this technique.
Do Unto Others is a comprehensive account of the history
of counter bombardment, including the development of
Australian techniques, equipment and procedures through
the campaigns up until Vietnam, with references to the
techniques and actions of the British and American artillery
included where appropriate to place the Australian experience
in perspective. It is also the story of the brave men behind the
artillery and their outstanding efforts and results across these
varied campaigns.
Do Unto Others Counter Bombardment in Australia’s Military Campaigns eBook Alan H Smith
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Do Unto Others Counter Bombardment in Australia’s Military Campaigns eBook Alan H Smith Reviews
If you have any interest in knowing about Australian counter battery fire, how to do it and the surveying/signal activities necessary, this is the work for you. While I have a strong interest in military history, this was too detailed for me.
8,561 locations long. I picked it up while it was free.
The book was interesting but parts will be dry for someone not really interested in the topic. It focused mainly on the history of counter bombardment in Australia's military campaigns from WWI to Vietnam. The book followed how the engagement tactics used for counterbattery fire evolved and it mentioned technical innovations as they came into use but didn't have enough detail of exactly how the techniques worked, how long it took to locate and to deliver return fire, etc. That's probably fine for most people but for me it was a bit of a drawback since I was (am) interested in not just the history but also in the mechanics of counterbattery fire. The book did a good job stressing the importance of survey for artillery fire plus how GPS and modern computers have changed survey functions. The author seemed far more enamored with the use of acronyms than any other military history book I've ever read. Often acronyms were given once then used very sparingly throughout the book while others were given early and then not used until much later in the book (at which point I had forgotten what the acronym was supposed to represent). The commonly-used acronyms were not a problem nor were those that were used regularly throughout the book. Maybe some of the ones I perceived as uncommon are actually common to those familiar with the Australian military but some seemed to be used just to obfuscate matters (i.e. TEWT - Tactical Exercise Without Troops, given once then used only one time later in the book).
My review was on the version of the book. I started reading on the PC but quickly moved to a as I found eye strain became a factor quicker on the PC than I expected. I borrowed my daughter's and gave it a try. The was a much easier read for the text portion but the maps and figures were much smaller and the zoom options are more limited on the basic than they are on the PC. Also, it was also easier to report typos and incorrect info to the publisher via the PC. And I have to say that quality control on books is not nearly as good as on printed matter. I rarely find more than one or two typos in printed material if I find any. With the version I finally gave up after reporting eight errors and seeing no response from the publisher (still no response five months later). It cannot be that difficult to correct simple typos in the electronic version and re-release the book!
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