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On 2002-06-16 00:37, JayUtah wrote:
I used to have in my collection an old artillery trajectory computer from an army tank. It's a simple set of geared knobs and dials. Of course the M-1 Abrams uses very sophisticated techniques for aiming its weapon, but that doesn't mean we couldn't hit targets with knobs and dials.
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When my unit in Germany transitioned from M60A3's to M1A1's in '87 we were more than a little upset that there was no simple ballistic sight in the new tanks at all. All previous tanks since WWII had carried a simple telescope with range reticles for each ammo type as a backup sight. Our complaint was how do you hit something if the turret has lost power? Simple still has it's advantages at times.