Ship gun fire-control system
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Ship gun fire-control systems are analogue fire-control systems that were used aboard naval warships prior to modern electronic computerized systems, to control targeting of guns against surface ships
Mark 68 GFCS director with AN/SPG-53 radar antenna on top.
Mark 37 Director c. 1944 with Mark 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mark 22 "orange peel"
Barr & Stroud 1.5–metre rangefinder, on display at Mikasa Park, Yokosuka, Japan
Cut-away view of a RN K-class destroyer Director Control Tower with Type 285 radar. The below decks Fuze Keeping Clock is shown in the centre of the drawing and is labelled "Gunnery Calculating Position", with the deflection operator seated.
Mark I Fire Control Computer
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The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1991 and possibly later
Ship gun fire-control system
…stabilizing device or gyro, and equipment in a plotting room. For the US Navy, the most prevalent gunnery computer was the Ford Mark 1, later the Mark 1A Fire Control Computer, which was an electro-mechanical analog ballistic computer that provided accurate firing solutions and could automatically control one or more gun…
Mark 1A Computer