[TML] Expanding the turret selection.

[greg at nokes.name]

Ahhhh..... MIG15s and Sabres were about the upper limit of human
weapons control.

At 600 mph it is _ really_ hard to hit anything. Espc. with that big
ol cannon the 15's carried. Was it not 1 shot per trigger pull or
something silly like that?

:)

On 7/9/08, Jerry W Barrington <jerry.barrington at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/9/08 2:49 PM, "Greg Nokes" <tsykoduk at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> All of those work in visual range, under 10km. When you eyeball mkI
>> can track the target, your brain can estimate the speed, and then you
>> can lead the target, placing tracer rounds into the vicinity. Heck,
>> modern fighters have fire control for their fixed weapons - if you can
>> get from a 5% hit ratio to a 50% hit ratio you just increased the
>> lethality of the weapons system by a factor of ten.
>
> I'd say eyeball-only was only really good for the old prop planes.  At jet
> speeds and 10 km, it's pretty much a waste of time.  The modern fire control
> makes that kind of range useful for guns.
>
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