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1azimuth firing cut out — restriction of firing range …
2Corrected firing data — was a term used in the U.S. Coast Artillery to refer to firing data (range and azimuth to the target) that had been corrected[1] for various non standard conditions. This could include corrections to range and corrections to azimuth or deflection …
3Director (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 …
4artillery — /ahr til euh ree/, n. 1. mounted projectile firing guns or missile launchers, mobile or stationary, light or heavy, as distinguished from small arms. 2. the troops or the branch of an army concerned with the use and service of such weapons. 3.… …
512-inch coast defense mortar — The coast defense mortar was a massive weapon of 12 inch caliber emplaced during the 1890s and early 1900s to defend U.S. harbors from seaborne attack. In 1886 when the Endicott Board set forth its plan for upgrading the coast defenses of the… …
6Artillery — For other uses of the term, see Artillery (disambiguation). Warfare Military history Eras Prehistoric Ancient …
7Coast Artillery fire control system — A conceptual diagram of the flow of fire control data in the Coast Artillery (in 1940). The set forward point of the target was generated by using the plotting board (1). This position was then corrected for factors affecting range and azimuth… …
8Mathematical 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… …
9U.S. Helicopter Armament Subsystems — The United States military has developed a number of Helicopter Armament Subsystems since the early 1960s. These systems are used for offensive and defensive purposes and make use of a wide variety of weapon types including, but not limited to… …
10Indirect fire — means aiming and firing a projectile in a high trajectory without relying on a direct line of sight between the gun and its target, as in the case of direct fire. Aiming is performed by calculating azimuth and elevation angles, and may include… …
