As an interesting side note, when President Reagan
reactivated the Iowa-class battleships from WWII back
in the '80s I remember reading that they kept the
original fire control computers because they were as
accurate as a modern electronic equivalent.
Good hunting!
-- Frank
--- Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk_at_yahoo.co.uk>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A bit (er, lot!) of a long shot this, but it's
> probably vaguely on-topic...
>
> Does anyone know anything about the mechanical fire
> control computers as used
> in second world war for UK coastal defence
> batteries? I did some restoration
> work out in New Zealand earlier in the year on a
> wartime coastal battery which
> was built to a British design, and used British
> systems. Unfortunately all
> information on 'out' plotting-room computer
> mysteriously vanished in the
> 1950's, and the unit itself sadly was cut up for
> scrap value many years ago.
> It'd be nice to get some information on possible
> units though just for
> something to show on site open days.
>
> It's possible that the unit shared a lot of
> commonality with ship-based
> systems, in some cut-down form or other, but I
> haven't yet located anyone who
> can confirm this.
>
> I seem to recall a few posts about US equivalent
> systems a few years back, so
> there's probably a few current list members who are
> interested in this sort of
> system despite the units being non-electronic in
> nature!
>
>
> cheers,
>
> Jules
>
>
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