About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 72. Chapters: ENIAC, UNIVAC 1101, Ship gun fire-control system, Torpedo Data Computer, Rangekeeper, Norden bombsight, HACS, Aegis Combat System, Arthur Pollen, Frederic Charles Dreyer, DATAR, Coincidence rangefinder, MOBIDIC, Kerrison Predictor, Dumaresq, Ferranti Argus, AN/FSQ-32, Director, MIL-STD-1750A, AN/FSQ-7, Gun data computer, AN/FSQ-31V, TRADIC, Mark I Fire Control Computer, Vickers range clock, Gyro Rate Unit, Barr and Stroud, UNIVAC 1103, Pom-Pom Director, Naval Tactical Data System, Tachymetric anti-aircraft fire control system, Battenberg Course Indicator, Operations room, Admiralty Fire Control Table, Advanced combat direction system, Command and Control Microcomputer Users Group, AN/USQ-17, Mark 8, Fire Control Computer, Fuze Keeping Clock, IBM AP-101, AN/UYK-7, Central Air Data Computer, AN/USQ-20, ATHENA computer, SSDS, AN/UYK-20, UNIVAC 1102, AN/UYK-8, Enhanced Tactical Computer, AN/UYK-43, MARQUISE, MANDRIL, UNIVAC 1104, AN/UYK-44, Project Genoa, RH1750. Excerpt: Ship gun fire-control systems (GFCS) enable remote and automatic targeting of guns against ships, aircraft, and shore targets, with or without the aid of radar or optical sighting. Most US ships destroyers or larger (but not destroyer escorts or escort carriers) employed GFCS for 5 inch and larger guns, up to battleships such as the USS Iowa. After the 1950s, GFCSs were integrated with missile fire-control systems and other ship sensors. The major components of a GFCS are a manned director, with or replaced by radar or television camera, a computer, stabilizing device or gyro, and equipment in a plotting room For the US, the brains were first provided by the Mark 1A Fire Control Computer which was an electro-mechanical analog ballistic computer that provided accurate firing solutions which could automatically control one or more gun mounts against stat...
