Useful Conversion Pages
- Neil Willis
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Re: Useful Conversion Pages
1 mil is an arc of 1 metre at a distance of 1 kilometre
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- john (scooby)
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Re: Useful Conversion Pages
so its degrees then? how many degrees is 1 mil? my trig has long since abandoned me
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- Neil Willis
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Re: Useful Conversion Pages
A metric alternative to degrees. There are 6400 mils in a full circle.
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Re: Useful Conversion Pages
Mils are a much finer system adopted ground forces primarily.
360 degrees = 6400 Mils
180 degrees = 3200 Mils
360 degrees = 6400 Mils
180 degrees = 3200 Mils
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