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of the directional board or manually tracking the target on the radar scope, and the computer placed inside the ship. The shooting specifications were calculated by .16. However, unlike Mk.63, the fire-control radar was installed on the directional board rather than on the gun side. Of AN/SPG-34,
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were used as radars, and they were installed on turrets and mounts, but the beam width was too narrow and it was difficult to capture targets. By moving the antenna up and down 20 degrees to make it easier to capture the target by swinging the beam (notting mechanism), measures were taken.
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after completing certain improvements such as increasing the antenna diameter and increasing radar transmission output. In AN/SPG-34, the knotting mechanism was removed due to the improved target acquisition capability, and instead, like
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was also developed as a direct-view system that uses the AN/SPG-34 radar and eliminates the complicated optical system due to the perspective type of Mk.63. This was because the computer
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During development, the Navy Weapons Agency aimed to achieve blind shooting and high-precision interception capabilities for targets that take evasive action within 4,000
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AN/SPG-34 were equipped on board Batch 1 and 2 Tribal-class destroyers, HMCS Algonquin (R17) and HMCS Crescent (DDE-226). A surviving example of this is equipped on
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range measuring means, etc. It was rather limited. For this reason, Mark 63 was developed as a new generation GFCS with a particular focus on attack
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on their gun of medium caliber guns and cannons, but it was based on visual aiming and tracking by human, and it does not have
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The Profile of Foreign-made FCS, which is still the protagonist of missile control, Ships of the World
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The first test was conducted in June 1944, and the deployment started with the installation on an
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In 1953, the formal name was changed from Mk.34 to AN/SPG-34 based on the naming convention for
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in November of the same year, and it was put into actual battle in the
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Mk.63 adopted mod.1 and mod.2 while Mk.57 adopted mod.3 and mod.4.
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History of the Maritime Self-Defense Force FCS, Ships of the World
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The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems
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The Naval Institute guide to world naval weapon systems
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Index


HMCS Haida
United States
Northrop Grumman
Westinghouse
Radar tracker
X band
PRF
pps
Beamwidth
μs
kW
gun fire-control system
radar tracker
gun sight
twin QF 4-inch naval gun Mk XVI
Mk.33 twin 3"/50 cal guns
US Navy
Mark 51 GFCS
anti-aircraft
countermeasures
yards
S-band
Mk.28
Mk.34
aircraft carrier
Battle of Okinawa

JDS Umitaka
military electronic devices

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