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To: Free ThinkerNY

...and this system calculates windage how?


5 posted on 11/30/2012 11:06:15 AM PST by Mr. Lucky
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To: Mr. Lucky
"...and this system calculates windage how?"

I didn't read the full article, but my guess is that it uses something akin to the ballistic computer in an Abrams tank. The thing at the back of the turret that looks like a periscope is actually a crosswind sensor...

...it reads the speed and direction of the wind at the firing position and extrapolates that all the way to the target in calculating a ballistic solution. Of course it's not perfect, but it is better than nothing, and is, as they say, "good enough for government work."

17 posted on 11/30/2012 12:03:35 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Mr. Lucky

It uses Kentucky Windage.


27 posted on 11/30/2012 7:38:31 PM PST by Redcitizen (A good pun is its own reword.)
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