Fire control system
German 8.8 cm anti-aircraft gun with fire control computer from World War II
Fire control system is a collective term for a technology with the help of which a projectile of a weapon system (usually grenades, projectiles, guided missiles or torpedoes) can be brought as precisely as possible to the target.
Before the introduction of electronic detection and control systems such as radar , laser or infrared systems, optical systems were used. During the Second World War , for example, optical systems were used on warships that, with the support of electro-mechanical computing systems, aligned the guns and were able to pursue moving targets.
Torpedo reserve computers were used on German submarines to calculate course, speed, distance and other parameters.
literature
- Thomas Müller: Analog computer on German submarines of the Second World War . tredition, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7323-5033-9 .
- Werner Schwipps: Yearbook of Defense Technology , Volume 29, Bernard & Graefe, 1997
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