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Using the solution, the Mk 160 GCS provides control and fire orders to the Mark 45 gun. [1] The Mark 160 Gun Computer System consists of: [1] Gun computer console (GCC) – Located in the ship's Combat Information Center (CIC), it is the primary interface between the Mk 34 GWS, the Aegis C&D system, and the ship's sensors. Transmits target ...
A red stripe on the wall of each turret, inches from the railing, marked the limit of the gun's recoil as a safety warning to the turret's crew. [5] Complementing the 16-in/50 caliber Mark 7 gun was a fire control computer, the Ford Instrument Company Mark 8 Range Keeper. This analog computer was used to direct the fire from the battleship's ...
The gun was designed to be pulled by one horse between the shafts and to keep up with fast moving troops, perhaps even cavalry. [ 1 ] Gallopers were among the first attempts to give some degree of mobility to guns but the logistics of gun crew movement and ammunition transportation meant that the time to fire from a different location was not ...