Reading post 610477 in main thread: Military Issue Compasses
October 31st, 2011  
BritinAfrica
 
 
I have no idea if RN or RAN ships were fitted with MILS or degree's compasses.

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Originally Posted by senojekips
Last I knew they were still used for Artillery direction. I have a small Artillery theodolite that I used for underground survey, and that was where I first ran into them.

I just had to consult Google and it looks like it is still the case, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular_mi
I surprised, I would have thought you blokes would have been trained using MILS


Adversus solem ne loquitor

Last edited by BritinAfrica; October 31st, 2011 at 13:09..
 
 
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