Talk:Director (military)

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The article Fire-control system needs merging with this article. --92.239.234.80 (talk) 19:00, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

I believe the concept of director firing merits its own article, and perhaps not one as oddly centered as this one ( i.e., that the target is moving is not a given). Merging "fire control director" (a specific piece of equipment) with "fire control system" (an encompassing term) is loosely akin to merging Transmission (mechanics) or Internal combustion engine with Automobile DulcetTone (talk) 20:49, 13 March 2012 (UTC)

Incomprehensible for a layman

This article is incomprehensible for a layman. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.139.81.0 (talk) 19:05, 18 June 2013 (UTC)

British predictors

It would be nice to see some more data on the US gun predictors, and also something about the British ones. DonPMitchell (talk) 04:45, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

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Gamma-Juhasz device from Hungary.

The most advanced electro-mechanical (pre-transistor era) Flak/AA director was the hungarian Gamma-Juhasz 38M (also manufactured under licence in Sweden and Switzerland). It even made it possible to locate the calculator and 4m wide optical rangefinder up to 500m away from the AA artillery position, avoiding the dust and vibration from salvos. Despite extreme mechanical complexity, it worked reliably and fought on the eastern front (vs USSR) as well as in defence of Hungary against USAAF carpet bombings. It was adopted for radar guidance in late WW2 and remained in service with Sweden until the late 1950s. After WW2, the Gamma optical company was nationalized under communist rule and its owner-CEO Mr. Juhasz was persecuted as a war criminal, thus the fire director device fell into obscurity. 94.21.229.178 (talk) 21:51, 17 October 2024 (UTC)