Shaftoe Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 I just noticed this suprisingly short and understandable video explanation of the subject. Enjoy. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
admin Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Dumaresq Fire Control handbookhttps://archive.hnsa.org/doc/br1534/index.htm Admiralty fire control clockhttps://maritime.org/doc/afcc/index.htm Barr Range findershttp://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/tfs/index.php/Barr_and_Stroud_Rangefinders 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftoe Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 Wow. Devs changed the name of my thread and added their own stuff. Cool! I suppose we might use this for educational purposes from now on, then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptbarney Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Should we pin this thread? And have it as an educational piece? Where other forumites can add other bits of knowledge too? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaftoe Posted March 24, 2020 Author Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Cptbarney said: Should we pin this thread? And have it as an educational piece? Where other forumites can add other bits of knowledge too? I think that's a good idea. Many people buying this game don't know much if anything about naval stuff. This could be their introduction to it. Edited March 24, 2020 by Shaftoe 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cptbarney Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, Shaftoe said: I think that's a good idea. Many people buying this game don't much if anything about naval stuff. This could be their introduction to it. True, i've learn't infinently more here than i did on the wows forums and the articles, links and images are far more interesting too. Plus i like the games art style as well, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUTB Posted March 24, 2020 Share Posted March 24, 2020 Does the game model ballistic computers? I assume that is baked into tower tech levels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HusariuS Posted March 25, 2020 Share Posted March 25, 2020 21 hours ago, GUTB said: Does the game model ballistic computers? I assume that is baked into tower tech levels. As fas as I know currently, we do not have any sort of ballistic computers for ships, only rangefinder, radar and RDF. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
znôrt Posted March 26, 2020 Share Posted March 26, 2020 On 3/24/2020 at 9:13 AM, Shaftoe said: I just noticed this suprisingly short and understandable video explanation of the subject. Enjoy. lol, i'm old ... i actually used one of these in military service to aim 120mm mortars, the optical rangefinder was a tube of about 1m length with lenses on the ends. the mortars were buried somewhere with no line of sight to the target, but we had los to both. we measured the angle between the mortars and the target with an optical goniometer, the range to both with the rangefinder, then computed the angle the mortars had to aim away from us to face the target, and their range to target. the necessary elevation angle we looked up on tables based on range and the ordnance's charge, which could be configured at different steps with so called 'supplements'. we then gave them these 3 values over radio (angle, elevation, charge) and enjoyed the show. direct first hits were pretty rare but after a couple corrections we usually did. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Shaftoe Posted June 11, 2020 Author Share Posted June 11, 2020 A friend of mine asked to share these videos with him. So I decided, why not to bump this thread for some new folks to watch/read? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougToss Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 There should be a glossary and encyclopedia of naval terms, technologies, doctrines and tactics pinned IMO. There have been some great posts on the board by @RAMJB @disc @Steeltrap and others I often find myself searching for and referencing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobRoss0902 Posted June 11, 2020 Share Posted June 11, 2020 (edited) American vs Japanese damage control Edit: NVM I'm stupid I thought it said damage control not fire control. Edited June 11, 2020 by BobRoss0902 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steeltrap Posted June 12, 2020 Share Posted June 12, 2020 19 hours ago, BobRoss0902 said: Edit: NVM I'm stupid I thought it said damage control not fire control. Never mind, lol. I think you meant this one: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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