Gears of war (not the video game)

[Nolo_00]

Interesting and in depth look at the fire control computer used on the Iowa class battleship. 

Gears of war: When mechanical analog computers ruled the waves

[macktkau2]

Didn't they have to cancel that special gun round because it cost too much lol.

[Nolo_00]

46 minutes ago, macktkau2 said:

Didn't they have to cancel that special gun round because it cost too much lol.

Yeah, something about the cost ballooning to $800k (!) per round on the Zumwalts...

The article itself is about the Mark 8 fire control computer used on the Iowas, though. Even has a bunch of 1950's training videos in there. Good stuff.