Mark 8 Fire Control Computer
Template:DMCA The Mark 8 Fire Control Computer was developed by Bell Laboratories during World War II. It was initially requested by the USN Bureau of Ordnance as an alternative to the Ford Instruments Mark I Fire Control Computer, in case supplies of the Mk I were interrupted or were unable to be manufactured in the required numbers.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. The Mk 8 computer used all electric methods of computation, in contrast to the Mk 1, which performed most computations via mechanical devices. The Mk 8 was found to be more accurate than the Mk 1 and substantially faster in reaching a fire control solution,Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. but by the time it was developed and tested in 1944, supplies of the Mk 1 were found to be sufficient in quantity. The USN extensively tested the Mk 8 and may have incorporated some of its technology into the post war Ford Instruments Mk1A computer. The Mk 8 technology was similar to that used in the M9 gun data computer used by the US Army for coast defence fire control and in the SCR-584 radar system computer.
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References
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.W.H.C. Higgins; B.D. Holbrook; J.W. Emling (July–September 1982). "Electrical Computers for Fire Control". Annals of the History of Computing. 4 (3). IEEE: 218–244. doi:10.1109/MAHC.1982.10026. S2CID 18464927.
