"German Fire Control" Topic
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| jony663 | 02 Jan 2014 7:27 p.m. PST |
I have a blog post here on the problem I am having with finding sources dealing with how the Germans handled their fire control systems. link Any help on sources is greatly appreciated. Jon
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 ColCampbell  | 03 Jan 2014 10:07 a.m. PST |
I just finished reading Dreadnought by Robert Massie and am reading his Castles of Steel. One or the other, and I think it is the latter, has some additional descriptions of German fire control. IIRC they were the first to use a central fire direction center and electrical firing of the weapons by the ship's gunnery officer. But unless you are going for each player only controlling a single ship, then you are getting too granular with trying to distinguish between the turret and casemate guns. Jim |
| jony663 | 03 Jan 2014 1:56 p.m. PST |
Thank you Jim I was thinking I was going to far down the rabbit hole with distinguish between the turret and casemate guns. |
| marcus arilius | 03 Jan 2014 10:54 p.m. PST |
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| jony663 | 22 Jan 2014 2:41 p.m. PST |
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shows one way to base 15mm figures on a stand.