Talk:Reserve Officer School

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[edit] Field artillery batteries

The names of the two field artillery batteries are extremely hard to translate. The Tulenjohtopatteri trains forward observers so its name is most ecomomically translated literally as Forward Observer Battery. The Tuliasemapatteri trains officers for the duties in the batteries that are charged with operating the guns. The majority of the students of this units will train as battery commanders and battery vice-commanders, if they are in the field artillery, and as leaders of mortar platoons, if they are in located in the mortars section. So, basically these officers will be located at the fire direction centers, controlling the fire. However, this is only a part of their duty. The battery commander is responsible for the whole battery, not only for the fire direction. I believe the earlier, literal translation "Firing Positions Battery" is better, as the students will be working in the actual firing batteries, contrasted with the forward observer and staff-and-logistics batteries. --MPorciusCato 11:05, 15 November 2006 (UTC)