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Old 08-31-10, 03:56 PM   #102
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Originally Posted by tater View Post
For effect means they have the target range. It means they are expecting to hit. Before firing for effect, they'd be ranging.
I know what it means now - I worked on the gun line in Vietnam. The problem was these were smoothbore cannon with an effective range of maybe 200 yards, and it was described as a pitch-black night, and other reports said they couldn't see anything; hence my amusement.

More on-topic: I think this is a great project.
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