Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> > "Max Eskin" <maxeskin_at_hotmail.com> said:
> >>Do you have any diagrams of the mechanical fire control computers?
> >
> > Try going to your local Federal building and look for the Goverment
> >Book Store. There you can find many different military training manuals.
> >Look for Navy manuals for Fire Control Technician 3 and 2. If you can
>
> You can get them this way??? Wow, it looks like I need to find time to
> check out the local Federal building. I want to get the Data Systems
> Technician manuals.
>
> >find it, it should have plenty of information on mechanical fire control
> >computers (At least they did 30 years ago).
> > I'm sure the Navy still uses these kind of computers on older ships with
> >5" guns.
>
> Well the current DS ones as of a couple of years ago had info on core
> memory, so it's possible the FC manuals have mechanical computers in them,
> but I doubt it. For one thing, I'm not sure the Navy still has any guns
> larger than 76mm. If they do, they are RARE!
Yes, the Navy still has guns much larger than 76 mm. Among other things,
they haven't squoze tactical nuclear shells down to that narrow. (I do
not approve of the government having such terrorist weapons or for that
matter having stronger armament than the citizens it pretends to "serve")
--
Ward Griffiths
They say that politics makes strange bedfellows.
Of course, the main reason they cuddle up is to screw somebody else.
Michael Flynn, _Rogue Star_
Received on Sat Jun 20 1998 - 07:42:50 BST