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7th Army’s ‘big shoot,’ 1960
Stars and Stripes
July 28, 2022
(Red Grandy/Stars and Stripes)
Bergen-Hohne, Germany, May 1960: Tanks line up at the target area as the 7th Army conducts its 1960 tank gunnery program at Bergen-Hohne, Germany. By the end of the nine-week "big shoot," nearly 5,000 gunners of the 7th Army will have had a week of firing, and all combined will have used up $9 million worth of ammunition.