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Title: shore battery question..
Post by: WhiteHawk on December 16, 2003, 11:57:22 AM

How did shore battery gunners get a range on their targets..  Sureley it wasnt the trial and error method we use in here?
  If not, then shouldnt we get some kind of upgraded range option?

Title: Re: shore battery question..
Post by: Shiva on December 21, 2003, 12:22:37 AM

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Originally posted by WhiteHawk
How did shore battery gunners get a range on their targets..  Sureley it wasnt the trial and error method we use in here?
  If not, then shouldnt we get some kind of upgraded range option?

I was watching an episode of 'Tales of the Gun' on the History Channel today, and it showed one of the plot rooms aboard the USS North Carolina (BB-55); the analog fire-control computer for the main guns let you dial in your course, your speed, the enemy ship's size, bearing, range, and course, and atmospheric conditions (i.e., wind, etc.), and the computer would automatically lay the guns to produce a hit, getting better than 90% accuracy against a non-maneuvering target. But in AH, we've got an eyeball-and-guess aiming system. Whee.

Title: shore battery question..
Post by: AmRaaM on December 21, 2003, 09:41:16 PM

use triangulation,oops

Title: shore battery question..
Post by: BenDover on December 22, 2003, 03:37:01 AM

Didn't they use steroscopes aswell?