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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND [2 records]

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Record 1 2019-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Field Artillery
CONT

[As an artillery officer, he] innovated the method of field artillery targeting used in World War II, and implemented triangular organization of divisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Artillerie de campagne
CONT

[Le militaire] peut continuer d’expérimenter et de tester l'équipement et les armes d’artillerie de campagne, notamment en se rendant à l'Aberdeen Proving Ground au Maryland pour tester les canons antichar et anti-aérien Hotchkiss82. Il étudie et rédige également des articles sur l'utilisation des autogires pour le ciblage de l'artillerie de campagne et l'observation des tirs indirects, qui anticipe l'utilisation des hélicoptères dans la guerre moderne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Defence Planning and Military Doctrine
OBS

Aberdeen Proving Ground is a large U.S. Army installation (72,500 acres) located 35 miles northeast of Baltimore, MD, along the Chesapeake Bay. It is the headquarters of the Army Test & Evaluation Command (TECOM). Also based at Aberdeen is the U.S. Army Chemical & Biological Defense Command, which is the Army's executive agent for chemical and biological research, development and acquisition with the Department of Defense. Other facilities at the Aberdeen Proving Ground include the Army Ordnance Center and School, Army Environmental Center, Ballistic Research Laboratory, Human Engineering Laboratory, Combat Systems Test Activity, Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity, Foreign Materiel Intelligence Battalion, and the Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Doctrine militaire et planification de défense
Key term(s)
  • polygone d’Aberdeen
  • polygone d’essai d’Aberdeen

Spanish

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