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Frühe Flugzeugvermessung durch mechanische Rechner bei der Fliegerabwehr: Kurvenflug-Rechner
The eighth in a series of articles by André Masson on mechanical anti-aircraft fire-control computers of the Second World War era. The article examines the challenge of curved-flight extrapolation in mechanical fire-control predictors, presenting the 1935 Fischer 'Denkschrift' and the Bandi 'Memorial Luftschutz' as foundational documents, then describes how curved-flight calculation was eventually realized in the Swiss Gamma-Hasler 43 and the German Wehrmacht Kommandogerät 40. Also covers early Contraves devices (Oionoskop, Stereomat, Verograph) and includes a chronology of the first decade of Swiss heavy anti-aircraft defense through 1945.
anti-aircraft fire controlmechanical fire-control computerscurved-flight extrapolationSwiss air defense history