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 ======The Development of Fire Control Systems on Warships====== ======The Development of Fire Control Systems on Warships======
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 +Prepared by [[offtopic:Sargon]] (hopefully with future additions from other members of [[offtopic:the_battleship_brothers|The Battleship Brothers]])
  
 Up to the last years of the 19th Century (1890s), gunfire was done more or less in the traditional manner with each gun crew firing when the sights came 'on' during the roll of a ship and all gun crews acting independently in this regard. Of course, orders were sent from the bridge in a variety of ways from flags, bugle calls, and speaking tubes to sheer shouting. However, an officer in the RN realised this was affecting accuracy with the larger and larger guns that were being introduced, and wished to do something to address peacetime training where gunners would engage in leisurely target practice against moored targets on clear days with calm waters, with hit averages of 20 to 30 percent. This officer was called Captain Percy Scott, and he knew that these percentages would fall to abysmal levels in real battle conditions, especially with the greater ranges engagements were expected to be fought at. Up to the last years of the 19th Century (1890s), gunfire was done more or less in the traditional manner with each gun crew firing when the sights came 'on' during the roll of a ship and all gun crews acting independently in this regard. Of course, orders were sent from the bridge in a variety of ways from flags, bugle calls, and speaking tubes to sheer shouting. However, an officer in the RN realised this was affecting accuracy with the larger and larger guns that were being introduced, and wished to do something to address peacetime training where gunners would engage in leisurely target practice against moored targets on clear days with calm waters, with hit averages of 20 to 30 percent. This officer was called Captain Percy Scott, and he knew that these percentages would fall to abysmal levels in real battle conditions, especially with the greater ranges engagements were expected to be fought at.
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 During the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s into the 1940s, as aircraft became perceived as more of a potential threat, anti-aircraft artillery was also added, and central control for these developed apace right up to the radar control that was used so effectively by the US Navy in Word War II. It goes without saying that radar had a huge effect upon main and secondary gunnery, enabling true over-the-horizon blind-firing in all weathers as its ultimate development, the magnificent US //Iowa// class being prime examples of a good battleship design shipping this type of equipment. During the late 1920s and throughout the 1930s into the 1940s, as aircraft became perceived as more of a potential threat, anti-aircraft artillery was also added, and central control for these developed apace right up to the radar control that was used so effectively by the US Navy in Word War II. It goes without saying that radar had a huge effect upon main and secondary gunnery, enabling true over-the-horizon blind-firing in all weathers as its ultimate development, the magnificent US //Iowa// class being prime examples of a good battleship design shipping this type of equipment.
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