Rangekeeper

См. также в других словарях:

• Rangekeeper — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Los Rangekeeper fueron computadores de control de disparo (armamentos) electromecánicos usados principalmente durante la primera parte del siglo 20. Eran sofisticados computadores analógicos cuyo desarrollo alcanzó… …   Wikipedia Español

• Rangekeeper — 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… …   Wikipedia

• Mathematical discussion of rangekeeping — In naval gunnery, when long range guns became available, an enemy ship would move some distance after the shells were fired. It became necessary to figure out where the enemy ship, the target, was going to be when the shells arrived. The process… …   Wikipedia

• Ship gun fire-control system — Mk 37 Director c1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 orange peel 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 …   Wikipedia

• Montana class battleship — A 1944 model of a Montana class battleship Class overview Name: Montana class battleship …   Wikipedia

• Analog computer — An analog computer (spelt analogue in British English) is a form of computer that uses continuous physical phenomena such as electrical, [Universiteit van Amsterdam Computer Museum, (2007)] mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem …   Wikipedia

• Torpedo Data Computer — The Torpedo Data Computer (TDC) was an early electromechanical analog computer used for torpedo fire control on American submarines during World War II (see Figure 1). Britain, Germany, and Japan also developed automated torpedo fire control… …   Wikipedia

• Gun laying — is the process of aiming an artillery piece. The term is also applied to describe the process of aiming smaller calibre weapons by radar or computer control. The gun is typically rotated in a horizontal plane in order gain a line of sight to the… …   Wikipedia

• Armament of the Iowa class battleship — The armament of the engaged the Imperial Japanese Navy battlecruiser Kirishima at a range of convert|18500|yd|m| 2 at night.cite book | last = Mindell | first = David | title = Between Human and Machine | publisher = Johns Hopkins | date = 2002 | …   Wikipedia

• Director (military) — M7 gun director 1944 A director, also called an auxiliary predictor,[1] is a mechanical or electronic computer that continuously calculates trigonometric firing solutions for use against a moving target, and transmits targeting data to direct the …   Wikipedia

• Computadora analógica — Computador analógico. Una computadora analógica u ordenador real es un tipo de computadora que utiliza dispositivos electrónicos o mecánicos para modelar el problema que resuelven utilizando un tipo de cantidad física para representar otra. Para… …   Wikipedia Español