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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Five requirements for accurate predicted fire:

1) accurate target location and size
2) accurate firing unit location
3) accurate weapon and ammunition information
-muzzle velocity variation
-projectile weight
-propellant tempature
4) accurate meteorological data
5) accurate computation procedures

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