Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:08:05 -0400, "Jonathan"
wrote:

And I didn't know they already had radar guided 5 inch
guns

I don't quite see how guns could even be guided: maybe aimed with the
aid of a director that used radar. They did have fire control radars
for five inch guns during WWII. Radar was just coming into use in the
late thirtys but progress was rapid.


I suspect that they were referring to two things in their rather
misguided description:

1. Radar fire control for aiming the 5" guns
2. Radar-based proximity fuses in the 5" shells

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Nik Simpson