Firing hundreds of KM in some cases, accurate within a few hundred feet? How is that possible? And how do they “dial in” new coordinates exactly? It all seems like magic to me
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For an extended but well made and fun explanation, i recommend this video:
It’s a great YTtuber, he’s pretty darn god at making it clear and accurate without being boring.
This is for navy shooting, I think is the most comprehensive as there is a moving target, long ranges, and the shooting platform is a moving ship that also rolls and pitches with waves. So it covers really all the possible variables of the thing.
Too long didn’t watch: starting from shoot-check-adjust-shoot, the tech improved by using aiming sight, then tables to estimate the gun elevation for the range, then sync the shot with the ship roll, then getting better and better distance measuring equipment, better estimate of target and shooter relative movements, then complex tables to calculate the firing solution as fast as possible, then factor in weather, earth rotation, then mechanical computers to get the solution even quicker, radar distance measuring, then digital computers. With the goal to reduce as much as possible the time between spotting and hitting. End result: the best ever shot was a moving ship vs a moving ship at 26Km distance. The quickest was a 16km long hit at the first salvo. If I recall correctly.
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