Title:INTRODUCTION TO NAVAL GUNNERY PART 5: THE SURFACE GUNNERY PROBLEM [Main Title]
Film Number:DRN 164E
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Summary: A Naval instructional film which illustrates, through animated sequences, the problems associated with naval gunnery. Areas covered include enemy ship movement, wind, own movement, atmosphere, the shape of the shell and calculation of time lag between range finding and firing. Additionally, range spotting corrections (watching where a shell falls) and drift of shell caused by the rifling of the gun barrel, are also explained.