File:Range correction board.jpg
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English: A rendering of the face of a range correction board, a desktop device (somewhat like a large, old-fashioned mechanical adding machine) that was used to cummulate the corrections needed to account for various factors influencing the range of shells fired by the Coast Artillery. |
| Source | "FM 4-15 Coast Artillery Field Manual-Seacoast Artillery Fire Control and Position Finding" |
| Author | US War Department |
Rendering is from "FM 4-15 Coast Artillery Field Manual-Seacoast Artillery Fire Control and Position Finding," U.S. War Department, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1940, following p. 120.
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| 17:27, 10 June 2010 | 858 × 356 (61,422 bytes) | w:en:Pgrig (talk | contribs) | A rendering of the face of a range correction board, a desktop device (somewhat like a large, old-fashioned mechanical adding machine) that was used to cummulate the corrections needed to account for various factors influencing the range of shells fired b |
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| current | 11:54, 13 January 2014 | | 858 × 356 (60 KB) | Vanisaac | Transferred from en.wikipedia: see original upload log above |
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