TROOP FIRE AND MOVEMENT
Troop Time to complete Average time
each tgt
OP Officers
reaction
A 43 minutes 6′35″ 32″
B 48 minutes 8′30″ 37″
C 40 minutes 4,30″ 19″
D 40 minutes 5′ 9″ 22″
E 42 minutes 5′27″ 28″
F 48 minutes 7′35″ 27″
BATTERY FIRE AND MOVEMENT
Bty
60 3 hrs   2′ 12′ 5″ 51″
37 2 hrs 35′ 8′36″ 32″
76 2 hrs 40′ 11′30″ 34″
The average time taken by the Regi­ment to fire a Mike tar­get, the bat­ter­ies not being on regi­men­tal grid, was 10′35″, the time being taken from the order Mike tar­get until fire for effect.

LYDD - OCTOBER 1942.

26.  On the return to CHAPEL­WOOD on the 1st Octo­ber 76 bat­tery took over the coast de­fence duties at HOVE.  On the 14th Oct. the Divi­sional Artil­lery was inspec­ted by Col. Ral­ston and Lt-Gen. A.G.L. Mc Naugh­ten per­son­ally con­gra­tu­la­ted Lt-Col. K.N. Lan­der on the turn­out of the Regi­ment and on the unit's fine showing at SEN­NY­BRIDGE.  On the 20th Octo­ber the Regi­ment put on a demon­stra­tion at AL­FRIS­TON of Mike tar­gets, quick bar­rages, link shoots and crash actions for a large num­ber of visi­ting offi­cers.  In Novem­ber the range record for anti-tank shoot­ing with field guns at LYDD was bro­ken.  The Regi­men­tal aver­age of hits was 47 %.  Fox troop top­ped the list with an aver­age of 78 % hits.  Two gun crews of 76 bat­tery scored 100 % hits.
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