Inertial platform

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An inertial platform, also known as a gyroscopic platform or stabilized platform, is a system using gyroscopes to maintain a platform in a fixed orientation in space despite the movement of the vehicle that it is attached to. These can then be used to stabilize gunsights in tanks, anti-aircraft artillery on ships, and as the basis for older mechanically based inertial navigation systems Page Template:Crossreference/styles.css has no content.Page Module:Hatnote/styles.css has no content.(see Inertial measurement unit).[1]

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