Western Electric M-33 Antiaircraft Fire Control System
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Western Electric M-33 Antiaircraft Fire Control System
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The Western Electric M-33 Antiaircraft Fire Control System was an X-Band "Gunfire Control Radar", for aiming antiaircraft artillery by computer control. Developed for mobility via 3 trailers, the "M-33 system could compute, for the 90-mm. and 120-mm. guns, firing data for targets with speeds up to 1,000 mph", and for targets at 120,000 yards had similar gun laying accuracy as "SCR-584 type radars" at 70,000 yards. The system included a telescopic "target selector" on a tripod near the guns for a
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2013-03-31T14:05:27Z
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2024-09-05T03:51:25Z
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