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The Battery Computer System (BCS) AN/GYK-29 was a computer used by the United States Army for computing artillery fire mission data. It replaced the FADAC and was small enough to fit into the HMMWV combat vehicle. The AN/GSG-10 TACFIRE (Tactical Fire) direction system automated field artillery command and control functions. [8]
F1 Major items, small arms, automatic gun, trench mortar, and field artillery sighting equipment, and fire control instruments; F2 Major items, harbor defense, railway, and antiaircraft artillery sighting equipment, and fire-control instruments; F3 Items not authorized for general issue; F4 Rule, slide, M1917 – Parts and equipment
Mark 1A Computer Mk 37 Director above the bridge of destroyer USS Cassin Young with AN/SPG-25 radar antenna. 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 1991 and possibly later.
Some of the earliest computers were military computers. Military requirements for portability and ruggedness led to some of the earliest transistorized computers, such as the 1958 AN/USQ-17, the 1959 AN/MYK-1 (), the 1960 M18 FADAC, and the 1962 D-17B; the earliest integrated-circuit based computer, the 1964 D-37C; as well as one of the earliest laptop computers, the 1982 Grid Compass.
A computer program analyzes the track data and then extrapolates the round's point of origin. This calculated point of origin is then reported to the operator with map coordinates, thus allowing friendly artillery to direct counter-battery fire towards the enemy artillery. The system has a reported range of up to 31 miles (50 km).
The NATO Army Armaments Group (NAAG) Integrated Capability Group Indirect Fires (ICGIF), formerly Land Group 4, and their Sub Group 2 (SG2) on Surface to Surface Ballistics has created a widely used set of shareable fire control software using the Ada programming language.
Kerrison's analog computer was the first to be fast enough to be used in the demanding high-speed low-altitude role, which involved very short engagement times and high angular rates. The design was also adopted for use in the United States , where it was produced by Singer Corporation as the M5 Antiaircraft Director , later updated as the M5A1 ...
Minimum 1218 computer: 4,096 word memory, 4 I/0 $96,000 Most common 1218 computer: 16,384 word memory, 8 I/0 $127,000 Militarized magnetic tape system (2 handlers) 80,500 Paper tape subsystem including keyboard and printer 25,000 High speed printer system 77,500 80 column card system 83,250 —————— Grand total minimum 1218 computer ...