For years I heard stories of Fort Sill from my father. He had gone to artillery school there 60 years ago when he was in the National Gaurd.
I always imagined as barren, desert from his descriptions.
Yet when we arrived it was lush and green.
The Artillery museum had lots of displays of how to throw things further and more accurately at our enemies.
Early canons used simple aiming systems with a fixed charge charts and changed the angle of the barrel.
Now charge and angle can be varied based on computer output.
Fortunately computers have gotten much smaller since the early models
The museum did include missile systems but only offensive ones. The defensive ones such as the Patriot that Mr Ram had worked on were defensive and would be in the new museum that was still under construction.
Outside the museum there were lots of canons, artillery and missiles. The star of the outside collection is the one that fortunately was never used in battle – the Atomic Canon.
We enjoyed talking with the soldier at the entrance about the museum, life and retirement.
He mention that he wouldn’t mind some winter and his wife might like the Boston area. Having lived most of our lives there, we suggested Virgina might be a better location. It has that colonial charm with shorter winters and areas with more affordable housing.