How is artillery so precise?

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Firing hundreds of KM in some cases, accurate within a few hundred feet? How is that possible? And how do they “dial in” new coordinates exactly? It all seems like magic to me

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The same way any other rifled firearm is accurate: Precisely measured propellants & projectiles, and a long barrel. The only difference is that with artillery, you’re not (usually) sighting the weapon directly at your target, you’re computing the parabola the shot will travel over to determine where it’s going to land.

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