UK troops are using a special iPad app to learn how to handle a fire mission — when artillery is being fired at the enemy from several miles away, reports the BBC (http://macosg.me/2/mv).
In early trials at the Royal School of Artillery in Wiltshire, troops have learned the jargon and procedures more quickly than before, when they were sat listening to lessons from instructors, the article adds. The goal is for smartphone and tablet technology to be used to speed up training across the army.
