Night naval engagements at long range became feasible when radar data could be input to the rangekeeper. Often, satellites or balloons are used to gather this information. The Mark 1, and later the Mark 1A, Fire Control Computer was a component of the Mark 37 Gun Fire Control System deployed by the United States Navy during World War II and up to 1969 or later. The pilot will then wait until the probability reading is satisfactorily high before launching the weapon. Reviews Review policy and info. [1] CCFM (Consolidated Compartment Fire Model version VENTS) is a two-layer zone-type compartment fire model computer code. Lead angles and corrections were added to the LOS data to generate the line-of-fire (LOF) data. The LABS system was originally designed to facilitate a tactic called toss bombing, to allow the aircraft to remain out of range of a weapon's blast radius. Coordinated gunfire from a formation of ships at a single target was a focus of battleship fleet operations. In the early 1930's Ford Instrument Co. introduced the Mark 1 Fire Control Computer. 3. ble fire-control systems for aiming large naval guns and setting fuze times on the shells for destroying either surface or air targets. Torpedo Data Computer Mark 3, Mark 3, Mods 5 to 12 inclusive, O.P. This was the first really good device that could transmit and … The radar-based M-9/SCR-584 Anti-Aircraft System was used to direct air defense artillery since 1943. Simple systems, known as lead computing sights also made their appearance inside aircraft late in the war as gyro gunsights. [19][20] This system was instrumental in the defense of London and Antwerp against the V-1. Looking for abbreviations of FC CPTR? Read more. 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