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Clicks?

David086 · 2011-09-04 20:40:41

What does it mean when a person in the military says something like "The objective is 3 clicks away". What does that mean? 3 miles, kilometers?

04-09-2011 8:40pm

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What does it mean when a person in the military says something like "The objective is 3 clicks away".

What does that mean? 3 miles, kilometers?

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#2 04-09-2011 8:49pm

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a click is 1 kilometre,

WF

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#3 06-09-2011 8:23am

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In the British Military is "K's" or pronounced "Kay's".

What is it in the Irish military? When I worked with them in Bosnia they used K's.

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#4 07-09-2011 9:39pm

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K for kilometer, not particularly a military thing!

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#5 08-09-2011 4:00pm

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I wondered about that. I've read many references to "clicks" and I was curious how they taught kilometres to American troops in Vietnam, who were educated in the Imperial system.
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#6 08-09-2011 6:47pm

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I understand a "klick" in Vietnam is 1000(one thousand) paces

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