Anti-aircraft gunnery 1939-style
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DamienB said:
And, more importantly, radar guided!
Have a look on youtube for "zsu-23-4" to see what 1950s technology was like in comparison.
It was radar guided and proximity fused during the war which is why the AA gunners managed to shoot down so many V1 flying bombs.Have a look on youtube for "zsu-23-4" to see what 1950s technology was like in comparison.
The proximity fuses were shipped in boxes marked 'Rectal Speaders' from the Johns Hopkins hospital in the USA and the gunners were only allowed to shoot out across the English Channel to prevent any unexploded shells falling into the wrong hands.
They have a miniaturised radio proximity detector in the nose - a very crude form of radar.
That gun director is a mechanical computer of similar type to those used aboard ships for gun laying, but obviously made much smaller. There is a pretty good series of videos on youtube that describes how they work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkTHyfr0pM
That gun director is a mechanical computer of similar type to those used aboard ships for gun laying, but obviously made much smaller. There is a pretty good series of videos on youtube that describes how they work: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpkTHyfr0pM
Edited by tank slapper on Thursday 29th March 18:33
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