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On the Zielgeber (central target indicator) and Zielsäulen (aiming posts) are so called Richtungsweiser-Sehrohre mounted. (There were different versions, here e.g. Rw Sehrohr 32). The magnification was from 8 to 24 times. Field of view: 6.25 ° - 2 °. Linear field of view: 109m to 35m at a distance o...

Hi, the German capital ships all had ZAG (Zielanweisegeräte) for the anti-aircraft directors because of their restricted view. My question: Had the German Destroyers also such ZAG's on board? Also in some sources I read that the Destroyer's had besides the Zielgeber (Target-Director) on either side ...

Hello, I´m new here on this forum and still have a question to the specialists for naval weapons and systems. From the WW2, we know that the big warships had fire control centers in the protected interior of the ship, in which the evaluations and the fire commands were generated and send to the vari...