fire control
military
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development
- In artillery: Fire control
In the 1850s the tactics of artillery were simple: the gun was positioned well to the front and fired across open sights straight at the enemy. The general adoption after the 1880s of long-range rifles firing smokeless-powder rounds rendered this…
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effect on naval tactics
- In naval warfare: The age of steam and big gun
” The new technology was fire control, which enabled major-calibre rounds to be placed on target at 5, then 10, and ultimately 15 miles.
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