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...speed, range and angle. A computer of complex and secret design sets electronic and mechanical elements in motion. The computer also makes corrections for such errors as might be caused by wind, the pull of gravity, parallax (i.e., the distance between the gunner's sighting position and the turret he is operating), and the speed of both target and firing planes. All-electric, from sight to firing pin, the guns respond to the most delicate adjustment. All a gunner has to do is press a switch to start them spitting at a rate of 800 rounds a minute...
...turret gunner in a bomber must consider a complex of factors - the speed and altitude of his own plane, the angle and speed of his target, range, bullet speed...
...They Just Bounced Off." His column had run into some German heavies. Before the tank commanders could get under cover, the captain of the unit had the top of his head taken off, at turret line. At that point the lieutenant had taken over. He had fired four rounds from his 37-mm. gun against a German heavy's hide. "They bounced off just like tennis balls," he said, "and we got to hell out of there." He gazed at his hand some more, and said again: "They bounced off, sons of bitches, just bounced...
...China as in England, General LeMay will be insistent on hard precise work by pilots and mechanics, will set men back coldly and impersonally if they fail. In an attack on Germany months ago, LeMay's ball-turret gunner called him on the inter phone to announce that his guns (which should have been readied on the ground) would not fire. Replied Pilot LeMay coolly from up front: "You're going to look pretty silly when the 1905 start coming...
...been inspecting four Jap tanks, which were still burning. One of the tankers' crisp, upraised hands stuck out of his turret as if in supplication to a power beyond his reach...