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I did a little digging, as I'm a huge WWII nerd after reading this article, and it does seem like the Eniac was used to generate artillery tables, but it's not

I did a little digging, as I'm a huge WWII nerd after reading this article, and it does seem like the Eniac was used to generate artillery tables, but it's not clear if those were the same as used by the centralized firing control.

chernevik 11y ago
Answer, from a link on another comment, seems to be no. http://99div.com/olddirect/american_and_german_field_artillery_in_the_battle_of_the_bulge+cb01biggio+416d65726963616e20616e64204765726d616e206669656c6420617274696c6c65727920696e2074686520426174746c65206f66207468652042756c6765 http://99div.com/olddirect/american_and_german_field_artille... The chief factor seems to have been an American reorganization of artillery in the 20s and 30s, chiefly intended to support centralization of battery fire at a battalion level.
- dmichulke 11y ago
  Note how Tesla chiefly intends to avoid central battery fire today.
kjs3 11y ago
We had other computers than Eniac that could compute fire control solutions for artillery. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_I_Fire_Control_Computer