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Battleship can fire about 20 to 25 miles. I think the M777 howitzer has a range of 15 to 20 miles. I hear them pounding all the time.
A few years back I was camping at the refuge and Sill was having a night fire exercise. We could see the horizon light up when they fired to our west. Hear the shells fly by to our south. And then the impacts to the east. It went on for about an hour. A least a 100 rounds. A minimum of 10 miles.
On another time I was driving out the the refuge on highway 115. 115 divides the Sill firing range.
About halfway there the MP's stopped us. They told us they were about to fire several racks of MLRS across the road. The MLRS were set up about 100 yards off the road. After a couple of minutes they unloaded. We had ringside seats.
Every month or so they launch just north of my house and I can hear the WHOOSH as they fire north towards Elgin.
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