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14 Aug 2011 15:31 #1
by Peter Kirk
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At the end of WW2 the traditional quadrant sight method of plotting paractice bombing accuracy was felt to be too inaccurate. Further methods of automatic recording were looked at in the years just after WW2 and the main conternders were photographic quadrants and sonic recording, neither of which really met the post war criteria and were dropped.
Now to the main question: what is used today as it is referred to as "electronic" recording but based on what? When did the modern method come into use?
Now to the main question: what is used today as it is referred to as "electronic" recording but based on what? When did the modern method come into use?
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14 Aug 2011 16:08 #2
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I was at Tain 80-82. The method used was that each quadrant on a target took a bearing which was displayed on a fibre optic screen. For instance on target 5 at Tain if the RP quad took a bearing of 48.7 and the main quad took a bearing of 54.0 then that would be a direct hit. To work the score out one of the people in the main quad(or tower) would look in a book,and very quickly too! After a while however you knew what the DHs were for each target. As for sonic scoring, we had the facility at Tain but it was error prone, Ive seen a Jag have a score of 300 hits on one pass! However Nordhorn when I was in Germany only used sonic scoring for strafe runs.
As for when the system I used actually started Ive no idea, but I would guess at the mid seventies. Id be interested to know whats used today.
As for when the system I used actually started Ive no idea, but I would guess at the mid seventies. Id be interested to know whats used today.
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14 Aug 2011 19:23 #3
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Many thanks for the info. I think the first sonic measuring device was intended for Heligoland but the device was prone to false readings so was never pursued at the time (1947). I suspect microphone technology was not quite good enough then.
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