• The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    4 months ago

    Cool but would it still have its propulsion on when firing? Did they have that good of aim to fire while moving?

    • copd@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      4 months ago

      Its FCS was more than capable of hitting things on the move. If you’re interested read up on how it worked, you had to hold down a switch when you wanted to fire but the guns would only fire when the gyroscope deemed the ship to be level.

      Moving and firing was trivial post war

      • HappycamperNZ@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        4 months ago

        Follow on from this (someone please correct me)

        • the guns fired slightly after eachother to reduce the shocks on the structure

        • firing directly ahead has to be done with caution for the same reason

        • the (modern) radar tracks the rounds in flight to improve accuracy on subsequent shots.