SUPPORT FOR ARMY
NAVAL GUNS AS ARTILLERY ENTIRELY NEW PROCEDURE (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 8. An entirely new system of naval gunnery procedure, which was introduced as naval support for the army on a scale never before attempted and which was tried out in the Dieppe raid and during the North African landings, was brought into full use during the Sicily invasion, and it proved an unqualified success, says Reuter’s correspondent with the Mediterranean fleet.
Every assault unit engaged in the land attack against Sicily had a forward observation officer working with a specially trained opposite number on board one of the supporting ships. This enabled the infantry to get vital artillery support., often against targets invisible from the sea, before the field artillery had time to land. Enemy strongpoints inland were battered with incredible accuracy by warships.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25299, 9 August 1943, Page 3
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