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Fire-control radar (856 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

narrow beam radars, targeting radars, tracking radars, or in the UK, gun-laying radars. If the radar is used to guide a missile, it is often known as
Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (867 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT), also known as the Frazer-Nash FN121, was a radar-directed, rear gun turret fitted to some British bombers from
Early-warning radar (713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
to operate. This contrasts with systems used primarily for tracking or gun laying, which tend to offer shorter ranges but offer much higher accuracy. EW
Tail warning radar (441 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Gulf War. The Automatic Gun Laying Turret used on Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster bombers combined tail warning with gun laying. Systems like these were
Tactical control radar (255 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
weapons crews, as well as "putting on" information so they could aim their gun laying radars in the general direction of the target. In the post-war era, this
Nash & Thompson (852 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
FN 121 – four-gun tail Automatic GuN Laying Turret on late-model Lancaster fitted with Village Inn automatic guN laying radar and fire control (ALGR); also
MIT Radiation Laboratory (3,325 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
microwave-related fields. Among their notable products were the SCR-584, the finest gun-laying radar of the war, and the SCR-720, an airborne interception radar that
Type 285 radar (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
British gun laying radar
Seetakt (859 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Königsberg at a distance of 8 km, with an accuracy of up to 50 m, enough for gun-laying. The same system could also detect an aircraft at 500 m altitude at a
List of British military equipment of World War II (710 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Home Low AMES Type 7 GL Mk. I radar, gun laying radar for anti-aircraft batteries GL Mk. III radar, gun laying radar for anti-aircraft batteries Aircraft
M9 Gun Director (758 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
weapons against enemy aircraft. When cued by the SCR-584 centimetric gun-laying radar and used in concert with anti-aircraft guns firing shells with proximity
Abram A. Slutskin (1,472 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
measure the coordinates (distance, azimuth, and elevation) was too long for gun-laying in anti-aircraft batteries. Although not accepted by the military, the
Hans Hollmann (580 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
business in 1933 based on Hollmann's work and developed a much shorter-range gun-laying system called Würzburg. During World War II, Freya and Würzburg worked
AMES Type 82 (3,948 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
passing data on a selected target to point (or "put on") the AAA's local gun laying radar. In 1953 the RAF took over the air defence role and began to move
Zoca Flank Battery (468 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Anti-Aircraft Searchlight at King's Bastion was moved here, there was also a Gun Laying Radar installed. The Catholic Community Centre was built on top of the
Telecommunications Research Establishment (4,295 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was transferred to cryptographic work at Bletchley Park. The Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT) was an airborne radar used in bombers by the gunners against
PCL-161 (405 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
identical to that of the PCL-181, featuring automatic calculation and gun-laying via the vehicle-mounted fire-control computer. The truck chassis is based
No. 567 Squadron RAF (362 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
anti-aircraft co-operation duties included target-towing with Miles Martinets, gun-laying and searchlight practice with Airspeed Oxfords and simulated attacks on
Wardija Battery (361 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
1938, when its role was taken over by Fort Campbell. In World War II, a gun Laying radar set was established on the site of the battery. Wardija Battery's
Avro Lancaster (15,107 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
effective. The FN-121 was the Automatic Gun Laying Turret (AGLT), an FN-120 fitted with Village Inn gun-laying radar. Aircraft fitted with Village Inn
Chain Home Low (2,963 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Mobile Radar Unit (MRU) which was a mobile version of Chain Home, and Gun Laying radar, a much smaller unit designed to provide range measurements against
Radar, Anti-Aircraft No. 4 Mk. 7 (352 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
off to anti-aircraft artillery batteries who would then aim their own gun laying radars like the AA No. 3 Mk. 7 using the image provided from the No. 4
RAF Fulbeck (964 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Approach Training) Flight RAF Air Bomber Training Flight (No. 5 Group) Air Gun Laying (Turret) Training Unit RAF Bomber Command Film Flight Unit RAF RAF College
Gyro rate unit (906 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
non-tachymetric anti-aircraft fire control system, that would compute the gun laying orders and the time fuze setting of the anti-aircraft guns, to hit the
A.C. Cossor (1,028 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
development of the receiver for the GL1, the first British heavy anti-aircraft gun-laying radar. 1939 The company switches to war production. Cossor becomes involved
Arthur Covington (1,569 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
electronics were attached to the 4 ft (1.2 m) parabolic dish from a Type III gun-laying radar. The system operated at a frequency of 2800 MHz, or a wavelength
Blohm & Voss P 215 (1,024 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
radio navigation suite and the advanced FuG 244 target acquisition and gun-laying radar. The first iteration of the design, the P 215.01, formed the basis
Freya radar (1,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
designation) Freya was often used in concert with the primary German gun laying radar, Würzburg Riese ("Würzburg Giant"); the Freya finding targets at
91st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,527 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Grimsby on the night of 23/24 February. Predicted concentrations, using Gun Laying (GL) Radar, were more effective if there were not too many targets. 395
Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon (1,944 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
system included search-and-track radars, fire control, and automatic gun-laying, greatly increasing its effectiveness against modern targets. The ZSU-23
29th (East Anglian) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (3,288 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
at Wrabness at least had quadruple mountings. The first, very secret, Gun-Laying Radar Mk I sets began to appear in May 1940, with one being stationed
76th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (1,388 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was still in short supply. 485th and 493rd Btys received their first Gun-Laying Radar Mk I sets in December and became operational at the end of the year
D-10 tank gun (1,360 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
with a manually operated ammunition lift, a chute for used cases, and gun laying apparatus allowing indirect fire directed by remote fire control. The
Dozor-B (1,452 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
crew compartment and comprises the gunner’s station fitted with machine gun laying and control devices. The troop compartment is located in the rear part
Operation Diver (2,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
great cost. The development of centimetric (roughly 30 GHz frequency) gun laying radars based on the cavity magnetron and the development of the proximity
Semovente da 105/25 (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
employed a normal delayed fuze to improve the penetration capability. The gun laying was manual on a spherical support and allows elevation from -12 ° to +
330th Bombardment Group (VH) (11,695 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
radar signals. They could determine whether the signals were emitted by gun laying radar or radar-directed searchlights or air-to-air radar carried by Japanese
RAF Weybourne (328 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
camp across from RAF Weybourne using Bofors 40 mm guns linked to AA4 mk7 gun-laying radar. When that closed in 1958 the radars were transferred to the RAF
RAF Ludford Magna (1,654 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
101 Squadron was the first in the RAF to use the Village Inn Automatic Gun-Laying Turret. From October 1944 No. 100 Group RAF, stationed in Norfolk, took
List of radars (12,712 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
gun laying radar Radar, GL, No. 1, Mk I E/F – Anti-aircraft gun laying radar with elevation finder Radar, GL, No. 1, Mk II – Anti-aircraft gun laying
TACAM T-60 (1,340 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
carriage and mounted on a new pedestal that mated to the chassis. The gun-laying mechanism was modified to suit Romanian practices and a recoil guard was
SON-9 (357 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
SON-9 A SON-9 gun laying radar, AutoVAZ Technical Museum Country of origin Soviet Union Type E-band, trailer-mounted Frequency 2700-2900 MHz PRF 1840-1900
Coventry Blitz (3,726 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
a series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators, GL Mk. I gun-laying radar and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all
The Hollow (play) (3,040 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
Gudgeon confirms the event, saying he was simply up (having found the gun laying out), and had simply forgotten the incident. Lucy enters, dismisses Gudgeon
RAF Defford (997 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
The Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT) Village Inn FN121 tail turret as fitted on a Lancaster test flown from RAF Defford.
List of World War II British naval radar (1,986 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
steady course and speed. The PRP was adapted from the British Army GL, Gun Laying, radar system, and first went to sea in 1939 aboard several C-class cruisers
Boulton Paul Aircraft (1,672 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Used on some Avro Lincoln as tail turret, some fitted with Automatic Gun-Laying Turret radar equipment Type E Four .303 (7.7 mm) gun rear turret used
Alexander Zasyadko (general) (373 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
platforms, which allowed to fire in salvos (6 rockets at a time), and gun-laying devices, and also developed a tactics for the military use of rocket weaponry
Edward George Bowen (1,987 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
accuracy of Allied bombers in the strategic bombing campaign. Centimetric gun-laying radars were much more accurate than the older technology. They made the
3rd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (3,972 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
(1st Watford) AA Bty – 4 x static 3.7-inch, 4 x mobile 3.7-inch, 1 x Gun-Laying (GL) Radar Mk I, at Le Havre Mole 247 (2nd Watford) AA Bty – 8 x mobile
11th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) (3,173 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all
4th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (3,903 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
engaging a series of attacks by 20–30 bombers escorted by fighters. The Gun-Laying (GL) radar sets were sent back, and I Corps employed the regiment's batteries
Thunderbird (missile) (1,840 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article
accuracy requirements could be met with existing radars. This meant new Gun Laying radars would have to be developed for this role, and that, in turn, led
Bombing of Helsinki in World War II (2,511 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
Continuation War, Germany provided two early warning radars and four gun laying radars to Helsinki, further, 18 very effective German heavy 88 mm AA guns
Grand Slam (bomb) (7,884 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Me 262 jet fighters were operating in northern Germany, an Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT; also, Village Inn or Z Equipment) was considered. The AGLT
2S4 Tyulpan (2,191 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was substantially modified and the mortar used a different system of gun-laying gears and drives, which allowed the tube to traverse 41° in azimuth when
RAF Warboys (1,158 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Heyford. On 1 January came a smaller unit, No. 1323 Flight (Automatic Gun Laying Turret) from RAF Bourn. VE Day, 8 May 1945, saw big changes at RAF Warboys;
Gun turret (6,936 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
might be fitted to several different aircraft types. Some models included gun-laying radar that could lead the target and compensate for bullet drop. As almost
RAF Bourn (696 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
23 Operational Training Unit RAF (May - June 1942) No. 1323 Automatic Gun Laying Turret Flight RAF (November 1944 - January 1945) No. 1409 (Meteorological)
USS Alaska (CB-1) (2,337 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
single-mounted 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon guns. A pair of Mk 38 gun directors aided gun laying for the main battery, while two Mk 37 directors controlled the 5-inch
Kerrison Predictor (2,030 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
estimating the range or using some form of optical rangefinder, although small Gun Laying radars for this task became common during World War II. The "output" of
List of World War II electronic warfare equipment (2,512 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
frequencies to hinder them. Village Inn - British radar-aimed Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT) fitted to some Lancasters in 1944 - from TRE. Wanganui –
Tail gunner (3,465 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
1944, the British began deploying Lancasters fitted with the Automatic Gun-Laying Turret, which was fitted with a 3 GHz (9.1 cm) radar. The image from the
Boeing B-29 Superfortress (9,849 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
M2/AN and 1× 20 mm M2 cannon, later 3 × 2 × .50 in M2/AN with APG-15 gun-laying radar fitted as standard. LeMay and Yenne 1988, p. 60. "Boeing B-29."
T-13 tank destroyer (3,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
(still very low) level of armor protection for the crew in the process of gun laying. The rear remained open, since the vehicle was still meant to be a light
Leon Pająk (475 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
commanded the "Prom" outpost where he took command of the 75mm field gun, laying down heavy suppressing fire on the advancing Germans and knocking out
Rocket (11,326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
which allowed rockets to be fired in salvos (6 rockets at a time), and gun-laying devices. William Hale in 1844 greatly increased the accuracy of rocket
28th (Thames and Medway) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (5,713 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
available for low and intermediate level anti-aircraft fire. For HAA guns, gun laying radar was not yet operational. The larger guns also suffered from a lack
History of radar (22,275 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
This led the Luftwaffe to fund the development of a 50 cm (600 MHz) gun-laying system, the Würzburg. Since before the First World War, Standard Elektrik
Blue Water (missile) (2,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article
degrees for launch. For guidance, they proposed using the AA No. 3 Mk. 7 gun laying radar to accurately measure its trajectory during launch and compare that
6th Anti-Aircraft Division (United Kingdom) (4,765 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Seaplane activity. Later the vessels were replaced by larger ones carrying a gun-laying (GL Mk. I radar) radar set, while other GL positions were set up on the
Cavity magnetron (6,427 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
the German FuG 350 Naxos device to specifically detect it. Centimetric gun-laying radars were likewise far more accurate than the older technology. They
George E. Valley Jr. (1,115 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
DuBridge in 1941. At the Rad Lab, Valley led development of the Dual Lobe Gun-laying System (1941–42) and then developed the first radar bombsight (AN/APS-15
Alan Hodgkin (4,153 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
centimetric radar, including the design of the village Inn AGLT airborne gun-laying system. He was a member of E.G. Bowen's group in St Athan in South Wales
German night fighter direction vessel Togo (1,960 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
processing systems FuMG A1 Freya radar early warning radar Würzburg-Riese gun-laying radar Armament 3 10.5 cm anti-aircraft guns 8 3.7 cm anti-aircraft guns
Radar picket (5,345 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
was equipped with a Freya radar for early warning and a Würzburg-Riese gun laying radar, plus night fighter communications equipment. From October 1943
2nd Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (6,820 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
was badly bombed on the night of 14/15 May. Afterwards, three GL Mk I gun-laying radar stations were moved to 2 AA Rgt there and the S/L allocation was
Automotive industry in Ukraine (4,316 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
crew compartment and comprises the gunner's station fitted with machine gun laying and control devices. The troop compartment is located in the rear part
American military technology during World War II (960 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
MIT Radiation Laboratory was formed to develop radar and this led to gun-laying and aircraft radar and the LORAN navigation system. Another was the proximity
Wilde Sau (1,674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
radar defence system. Window jammed the GCI system, airborne radar sets, gun-laying radar and searchlight controls and British losses to Flak and night-fighters
Reşadiye-class battleship (2,156 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
tripod mast atop the conning tower, fitted with a spotting top to aid in gun-laying. She had a crew of 1,070 officers and enlisted men. The ships were powered
Hampshire Yeomanry (6,947 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
guns, but a battery of 72nd HAA Rgt came up, even though it had lost its gun-laying (GL) radar set in a torpedoed ship. On 21 November the AA gunners at Bône
Flat Holm (4,979 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
anti-aircraft and close defence, together with two 40mm Bofors guns. A GL (Gun Laying) Mk II radar station was also placed in the centre of the island. The
IFF Mark II (2,660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
systems used on night fighters and Chain Home Low to the Army's 75 MHz gun-laying radars and on to the CH at 20 to 30 MHz. Attempting to manually tune among
89th (Cinque Ports) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,676 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
between them, the empty sites being rigged up as dummies. The two available gun-laying (GL) radar sets had to be positioned away from the vulnerable gun sites
V-1 flying bomb (10,600 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
development of the proximity fuze and of centimetric, 3 gigahertz frequency gun-laying radars based on the cavity magnetron helped to counter the V-1's high
Glossary of British ordnance terms (9,399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
a feature of naval ships. It was a trainable turret incorporating the gun-laying sights and often a rangefinder. From here the gunnery officer could select
List of Royal Air Force aircraft independent flights (7,543 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
(1944) became Air Despatch Letter Service Squadron RAF No. 1323 (Automatic Gun Laying Training) Flight RAF (1944–45) became No. 1323 (Canberra) Flight RAF No
Ground-directed bombing (1,473 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
truck-mounted AN/MPQ-2 radars [derived from the World War II SCR-584 gun laying set] to guide B–26s against enemy positions in front of the 25th Infantry
Boeing B-47 Stratojet (13,408 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Designations Of U.S. Military Electronic And Communications Equipment AN/APG-39: Gun-laying radar AN/APG-32: X-Band Tail Turret Autotrack Radar; manufactured by General
Coast Artillery fire control system (3,459 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
made that adjusting these data for the fall of fire simply slowed down gun-laying and introduced a new source of error into the system. In WW2, the time
List of military equipment of the Canadian Army in World War II (577 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
search radar (from 1943) GL Mk. III(c) - microwave-frequency anti-aircraft gun-laying radar (from 1941) Zone Position Indicator (ZPI) - VHF tactical control
Capture of USS Chesapeake (6,502 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
boys had light-weight ordnance that they could practise all aspects of gun laying and firing with. As the American ship approached, Broke spoke to his crew
Conway Berners-Lee (1,603 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME). He worked on Gun Laying and Searchlight Radar in England. After the end of hostilities, Berners-Lee
T-64 (10,264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
greater cost in weight than, say, replacement of gun optics and turret/gun laying drives with more precise versions, this means T-64 suffers greater limitations
Penarth (9,562 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
defence, together with two 40 millimetres (1.6 in) Bofors guns. A GL (Gun Laying) MkII radar station was also placed in the centre of the island. The structures
Sven Berge (869 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
"Notification of a Swedish invention" was filed, where the technical solution for gun laying using the tank's tracks was detailed. During the 1970s, Sven Berge was
Milliradian (5,003 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
6000 Soviet mil counterclockwise. Artillery uses angular measurement in gun laying, the azimuth between the gun and its target many kilometers away and the
38th Light Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (3,127 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
night fighters were allowed to operate over London with the searchlights. Gun-laying (GL) radar, modern sound-locators and larger (150 cm) searchlights were
AN/MPQ-2 (964 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
very good use of the AN/MPQ-2 radars that were improved WW II SCR-584 gun-laying radars Smith, Historian John Q; Byrd, SSgt David A. Forty Years of Research
Grigory Kulik (2,366 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
loyalty to Voroshilov; Kulik himself did not have any experience with gun laying or commanding artillery crews, and the whole Bolshevik artillery force
146th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1,746 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
stations on the cliffs above Arromanches and Port-en-Bessin using their Gun-laying radar to track Luftwaffe minelaying aircraft and plot the fall of the
Fort Gilkicker (2,052 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
During World War II the fort was briefly armed with a 40mm Bofors gun and Gun Laying Radar was fitted outside the fort to direct the guns of the nearby Gilkicker
34th (South Midland) Anti-Aircraft Brigade (3,667 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all
Unrotated Projectile (4,697 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
battery (Z Battery) in south Wales, comprising rocket projectors and a rare gun-laying radar. Z batteries, usually staffed by the Home Guard, were eventually
132nd Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (1,524 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Royal Air Force (RAF) airfields, and had begun to receive GL Mark I E/F gun-laying radar equipped with elevation-finding equipment. By the autumn of 1941
54th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (2,095 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, but the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise
Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base (7,061 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Iron Hand missions were primarily designed to suppress the SA-2 SAM and gun-laying radar defenses of North Vietnam during the ingress, attack, and egress
88th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
(four mobile and four static) at Nash, Newport, (Site N). Site E had a Gun-laying Mk I radar. During November the four mobile guns from Site N were moved
Richmond Park (13,646 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Stanley Hey researched improvements to the operation of anti-aircraft gun-laying radar. During the war, Hey discovered that the Sun is a radio source and
39th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (7,569 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
their original positions. At the beginning of March the brigade's first Gun-laying Mk I radar set became operational in the Sheffield Gun Zone. There was
Battle of Tsushima (17,382 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Dumaresq in fire control, introduced a system for centrally issuing the gun-laying and salvo-firing orders. Using a central system allowed the spotter to
80th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (1,706 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, but the bombing severed all lines of communication and the noise
45th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (4,145 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
paratroopers. The brigade also had to lend 240 AA Bty of 77th AA Rgt, with a Gun-laying radar (GL) set, to reinforce the defences of Littlehampton on the South
359th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (1,282 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
were in position, while IC2 had four static 3.7-inch guns and a GLII gun-laying radar. Although 60th HAA Rgt remained in 42nd AA Bde, 359th Bty was attached
AN/CPS-1 (1,541 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
using it. Among the early projects were replacements for the SCR-270 gun laying radar and the SCR-527 and SCR-588 medium-range early warning radars. All
474th Searchlight Battery, Royal Artillery (2,323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Wiltshire, but its role was unchanged. It began to receive GL Mark I E/F gun-laying radar equipped with elevation-finding equipment. It was also engaged in
85th (Tees) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,857 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
mobile 3.7s, and the four mobile guns at Z site were joined by a GL Mk I gun-laying radar set. In November 1940, as the Blitz was intensifying, AA Command
H2S (radar) (10,457 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
AI Mk. IV radar from the RAF's own night fighters) and the Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT), which was intended to automate defensive fire. However
Defense industry of Turkey (9,831 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
81–120 mm Mortars Artillery Fire Support System (TADES) Computerized Gun Laying System Computerized wireless Scoring Target System Fire Control System
T-72 operators and variants (12,516 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
which is reportedly equivalent to the Rheinmetall Rh120 L/44 cannon. The gun-laying and stabilization drives were also replaced by the new 2E42-4 system,
44th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (United Kingdom) (4,514 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
(3rd West Lancashire) HAA Rgt from 33 (Western) AA Bde. Some examples of Gun-laying Mk I radar began to arrive for the HAA batteries, Bofors 40 mm guns appeared
4th Home Counties Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (3,679 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
deployed and a regimental Gun Operations Room (GOR) was set up, fed by gun-laying GL radar sets. Enemy air attacks mounted from Sicily lasted for about
Ship gun fire-control system (10,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
firing together with the fire control computer moved the control of the gun laying from the individual turrets to a central position (usually in a plotting
AI Mark VIII radar (18,759 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
experimental sets and became interested in using it as a range finder in a Gun Laying radar. Operators would point the radar at targets indicated to them by
John W. Marchetti (3,270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
activity was his support to the Rad Lab at MIT in developing a mobile, gun-laying, microwave system, eventually designated the SCR-584. Undoubtedly the
AI Mark VIII radar (18,759 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
experimental sets and became interested in using it as a range finder in a Gun Laying radar. Operators would point the radar at targets indicated to them by
Berkshire Royal Horse Artillery (6,890 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
was stationed close behind the Allied front line, and 250 HAA Battery's gun-laying radar was the first set sited in the forward areas. On 14 February Testour
History of rockets (11,826 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
(which allowed firing of rockets in salvos - 6 rockets at a time) and gun-laying devices. Zasyadko elaborated a tactic for military use of rocket weaponry
93rd Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,270 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
constructed over two months by Faroese labor. The battery had two GL Mk II gun-laying radar sets and a semi-automatic plotter that gave the guns the ability
435th (Mixed) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (1,244 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
South Coast to target V-1s coming in over the English Channel, where the gun-laying radar worked best and where a 'downed' V-1 would cause no damage. The
Chain Home (14,505 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
the Battle of Dunkirk, when the British were forced to abandon a mobile gun-laying radar (GL Mk. I) station in Normandy. Wolfgang Martini's team of specialists
Convoy PQ 18 (8,395 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Ulster Queen even managed to shoot down a Ju 88 in cloud, aiming with its gun-laying radar. The last bombers departed at 4:46 p.m. but although the weather
87th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,385 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
the Sicily landings, Wheeler ordered his HAA units to take all their Gun-Laying (GL) radar sets with them and to pay particular attention to waterproofing
Signal Corps Laboratories (4,600 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
first projects at the Rad Lab was the development of a mobile microwave gun- laying (aiming) radar for use with anti-aircraft (AA) guns. In May 1941, the
100th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,326 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Strafing by fighters. The HAA batteries now had their full complement of gun-laying radar and began to achieve success through aimed predicted fire and linear
228th (Edinburgh) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (2,578 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
3-inch guns manned by the GDF). The gun and searchlight (S/L) sites and Gun-laying radar (GL) positions were carefully selected so that the fire of 20 HAA
2nd Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,153 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
airfields, and as the Blitz was ending had begun to receive GL Mark I E/F gun-laying radar equipped with elevation-finding equipment. By the autumn of 1941
Range gate pull-off (1,557 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
highlight a single selected target for further analysis. For instance, 1939's Gun-Laying Mark I, the British Army's first operational radar, used an on-screen
Buckingham Army Airfield (2,971 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
to operate it. Also, advancements in technology with the B-29, and the gun-laying radar that was under development with the tail cannons of the then-prototype
Research Enterprises Limited (3,097 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
build ASV sets for both UK and US use, followed by a microwave-frequency gun-laying set for anti-aircraft guns, and another seven projects of lower priority
South Midland (Warwickshire) Royal Garrison Artillery (4,088 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
series of concentrations to be fired using sound-locators and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar, and 128 concentrations were fired before the bombing severed all
113th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,376 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
end of February, the regiment began receiving new equipment: No 3 Mk V gun-laying radar (the SCR-584 radar), No 10 Predictors (the all-electric Bell Labs
2nd Welsh Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (5,214 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
paratroopers. The brigade also had to lend 240 AA Bty of 77th AA Rgt, with a Gun-laying radar (GL) detachment, to reinforce the defences of Littlehampton on the
10th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (2,857 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
unloaded their guns and equipment (16 x 3.7-inch, 8 x Bofors and GL Mk I gun-laying radar), 53rd AA Rgt re-embarked for home. These reinforcements led to
86th (Honourable Artillery Company) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,963 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Batteries, each equipped with 8 towed 3.7-inch guns in two troops of 4, with Gun-Laying (GL) radar. As a mobile regiment, it was joined by its own Royal Electrical
2nd East Riding Artillery Volunteers (8,499 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
Grimsby on the night of 23/24 February. Predicted concentrations, using Gun Laying (GL) Radar, were more effective if there were not too many targets. The
Carmarthenshire Fortress Royal Engineers (2,704 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
visual height control at targets illuminated by S/L or by the GL Mark II gun-laying radar, or with predicted barrage fire. The S/L layout was at 3,000 yards
99th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,108 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Force and Royal Navy radar, and had to rely on the HAA batteries' own gun-laying radar plots. 12 AA Brigade's HQ radar instructor controlled AA concentrations
Defence College of Air and Space Operations (1,045 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Supermarine Spitfires to train crews how to use the SCR.584 anti-aircraft gun-laying radar, the unit moved to RAF Manston on 26 May 1945 joining No. 11 Group
AI Mark IV radar (16,930 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article
The Army cell had first been set up on 16 October 1936 to develop the Gun Laying radar systems. Another change was due to every part of the equipment having
Searchlight Control radar (5,433 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Wilcox 2014, p. 45, 68. Bedford, Leslie (July 1946). "The development of gun-laying radar receivers type G.L. Mk.I, G.L. Mk.I* and G.L./E.F." Journal of the
Battle of Le Transloy (19,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article
shells fell short onto German positions, depite careful fire control and gun laying. Steel was being used instead of brass for shell cases, which caused stoppages
4th Searchlight Regiment, Royal Artillery/Royal Malta Artillery (2,179 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
visual height control at targets illuminated by S/L or by the GL Mark II gun-laying radar, or with predicted barrage fire. The S/L layout was at 3,000 yards
Gloucestershire Volunteer Artillery (9,550 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
mid-March. In these positions the gunners found that the performance of their gun-laying (GL) radar sets was degraded by nearby hills and it was difficult to engage
98th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,180 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
or searchlight managed to pick up a target. However, some examples of Gun-laying Mk I radar began to arrive for the HAA batteries. Lt-Col Dearden moved
5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment (7,916 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
Chesterfield and elsewhere. At the beginning of March 1940 the brigade's first Gun-laying Mk I radar set became operational in the Sheffield Gun Zone. Incursions
Sunderland Rifles (9,393 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
artillery. The guns of 112th and 119th LAA Rgts were linked to a GL Mk II gun-laying radar (normally Heavy AA equipment) so that the AA Operations Room (AAOR)
7th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (3,545 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
a draft of gunners including trained operators for the single GL Mk I gun-laying radar established at San Giacomo since 4 August. Four of the 3-7-inch
79th (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (7,387 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
246 Bty at the harbour and 247 Bty at Octeville were equipped with a Gun-Laying (GL) Radar Mk I set, and in the absence of searchlights the commanders
4th North Midland Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (9,004 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
10th HAA Rgt, which defended the RAF airfields. New guns and GL Mk. I gun-laying radar also arrived on the island. Malta was largely left alone during
56th (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (4,997 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Because the HAA regiments were largely engaged in ground fire, their gun-laying radar sets could be used to supplement the single local-warning radar
6th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment (7,636 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
heavier guns, the 69th was designated a Heavy AA (HAA) Regiment. GL Mk I gun-laying radar began to be delivered to the regiment's gun sites during the summer
190th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (3,100 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
picked up by searchlights. However, the battery received its first GL Mk I gun-laying radar the following month. Although most of the Luftwaffe air raids during
248th (Welwyn) Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (3,321 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
The concrete pits were built and guns emplaced by 27 February and a Gun-Laying (GL) Radar Mk I was set up. While this was being done, Nos 2 and 3 Sections
52nd (East Lancashire) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5,855 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article
Because the HAA regiments were largely engaged in ground fire, their gun-laying radar sets could be used to supplement the single local-warning radar
191st Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery (2,713 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
AA (HAA) Regiment and its batteries were similarly retitled. GL Mk I gun-laying radar began to be delivered to the regiment's gun sites during the summer
119th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (5,543 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
three troops from 112th (DLI) LAA Rgt. They were linked to a GL Mk II gun-laying radar (normally Heavy AA equipment) so that the AA Operations Room (AAOR)
Luftnachrichten Abteilung 350 (41,763 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
radar transmissions intercepted as Ground Controlled Interception or gun-laying radar (Fire-control radar) or in the case of naval radar, to distinguish
United Kingdom patent 394325 (6,331 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article
thousands of older locators, filling the gap until the deployment of gun-laying radars. Shortly before the outbreak of World War II Blumlein applied the