‘Harassment’ firing procedure is what you do to a place that you know constitutes a potential threat to you. You can’t gauge exactly how much of a threat it is or isn’t, and so you use this procedure, which is meant to keep enemy heads down. We’re talking about a place where you know the enemy is located, and out of which you want to prevent them from operating. It could be a zone 200 by 200 meters wide, it could be a 600 meter long perimeter you want to shell, to show them that, “We’ve got a wall of bombardment here, don’t test us.” You apply the procedure on the area throughout the duration of your mission. You have analyses based on field intelligence and other indications telling you, “Bad news could originate there, ‘harass’ that place, blast it every few minutes so they know we have our sights on it.” The procedure is put to use depending on the mission at hand. The minute the mission is over you can stop.

How much artillery is involved? Usually there’s one artillery battery per mission. They [fire] according to how much you dictate. One barrel is usually kept for emergencies, of course. Each battery means six barrels. You have an artillery company commander, you dictate to him “I want 600 meters, three shells per minute” – that’s something I know I’m allowed to demand from an artillery battery. And that’s called ‘harassment.’