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16″ Main Battery Fire Control 1954

Trajectories and Aiming to Hit the Target — MN9342

This US Navy training film from 1954 (film number MN9342) demonstrates how the 16-inch main battery guns are aimed and how trajectories are calculated to hit the target. An essential document of mid-century naval gunnery doctrine.

See also the companion pages on Fire Control Analog Computers Parts 1 & 2 — 1953.

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16″ Main Battery Fire Control 1954 — MN9342 (16½ minutes)