About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 87. Chapters: Artillery operation, Firearm techniques, Missile operation, Crossfire, ENIAC, Indirect fire, Rangekeeper, Modern Technique of the Pistol, Barrage, Sound ranging, Mathematical discussion of rangekeeping, Gun laying, Fire-control system, John Henry Parker, Gunfire locator, Range table, Cannon operation, Point shooting, Base end station, Counter-battery fire, MOS 0331, Limbers and caissons, Counter-sniper tactics, Kerrison Predictor, Director, CARVER matrix, Traveling Forge, Gun data computer, Center Axis Relock, Enfilade and defilade, Quaker Gun, Fire discipline, Spray and pray, Shoot-and-scoot, Beehive, Air burst, Suppressive fire, Plotting room, Directing point, Air launch, Circular error probable, John D. Luthy, Predicted fire, Observation post, Time On Target, Pistol-whipping, Triple Nickel Course of Fire, Tactical reload, Bombardment, Weaver stance, Tueller Drill, Buttstroke, Grand Battery, Double tap, Fanning, Firearm as a blunt weapon, Surveillance and Target Acquisition, Mozambique Drill, Tap rack bang, Cavalry draw, Field of fire, Raking fire, Walking your fire, Killer Junior, Fire for effect, Fire support coordination element, Speed reload, Plunging fire, Gun camera, Ricochet firing, Top attack, Blindfire, Soft launch, Ground burst, Hard launch. Excerpt: Rangekeepers were electromechanical fire control computers used primarily during the early part of the 20th century. They were sophisticated analog computers whose development reached its zenith following World War II, specifically the Computer Mk 47 in the Mk 68 Gun Fire Control system. During World War II, rangekeepers directed gunfire on land, sea, and in the air. While rangekeepers were widely deployed, the most sophisticated rangekeepers were mounted on warships to direct the fire of long-range guns. These warship-based computing devices needed to be so...
