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that's amazing. Thanks

• mrguyorama 3y ago
  Near the end of the blitz, the Brits claimed they were getting one kill per 100 rounds fired. That's an insane number, possible only with VT (proximity) fuses and radar directed gunnery. The numbers from before those two advancements were closer to 100k rounds per kill
  • WalterBright 3y ago
    I've read opinions that radar was the single most effective innovation in WW2. It essentially doubled the effectiveness of anti-aircraft gunnery. For example, the Bismarck battleship was loaded up with anti-aircraft guns. But it was unable to stop a handful of slow moving stringbags that attacked it, and one torpedo from one of them crippled the ship, leading to its destruction. In contrast, radar directed anti-aircraft guns proved extremely effective against Kamikaze attacks. The proximity fuse also used radar. Me, I would never have developed such a shell because I couldn't believe such a mechanism could survive being fired out of a cannon.