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i wondered if the hun had a similar system for shelling our lads.

They did, but use metric measurements <grins>. The Germans relied far more on their observation balloons to 'call the shots' than the Allies, though; Trenchard's policy of 'always attack' saw to that - and so won 'the war in the air', by forcing the German Air Service onto the defensive, albeit suffering four times as many casualties as the latter. 'Faint hearts don't win wars', for sure; didn't reveal 'the picture on the other side of the hill',y'see . . .

They did, but use metric measurements <grins>. The Germans relied far more on their observation balloons to 'call the shots' than the Allies, though; Trenchard's policy of 'always attack' saw to that - and so won 'the war in the air', by forcing the German Air Service onto the defensive, albeit suffering four times as many casualties as the latter. 'Faint hearts don't win wars', for sure; didn't reveal 'the picture on the other side of the hill',y'see . . .

The Germans used a matrix system based upon the map. It worked like a game of 'Battleship' but taken two steps further. The mpa was divided into sectors and those sectors were divided twice more.
The shell landed and it was reported back as to where by sector and corrected to the correct sector.