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A comparison of Army and Navy methods of fire-control

A comparison of Army and Navy methods of fire-control

At the direction of the Joint Army and Navy Board, William Sowden Sims compares the methods used by the Army and Navy to aim and shoot heavy artillery. The report examines the relative efficiency of the gunnery methods of the two services, and concludes that the Army method is expensive, complicated, and unreliable, while the Navy method is much more reliable.

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Library of Congress Manuscript Division

Creation Date

1907-07