Sentence examples for gunfire control from inspiring English sources

The range estimation of these gunfire control systems provided a significant accuracy advantage over earlier ships with optical rangefinders; this was demonstrated off Truk Atoll on 16 February 1944 when Iowa engaged the at a range of 35700 yards and straddled her, setting the record for the longest-ranged straddle in history.

Although able to score a few hits on Kirishima, South Dakota took 25 medium and one large-caliber hit some of which did not explode that completely knocked out her communications and remaining gunfire control operations, set portions of her upper decks on fire, and forced her to try to steer away from the engagement.

The modernization included newer gunfire controls.

The officers used batons and gunfire to regain control.

As the televised briefing cut to a military monitor by the key Castello Road into Aleppo, which has been under Syria regime control, gunfire broke out and the Russian officer dived for cover.

With greater range and improved fire control, gunfire from most of the ships on each side could reach most of the ships on the opposite side, making concentration of firepower by a whole fleet feasible and expected.

In 1916, Texas became the first US battleship to mount anti-aircraft weapons with the addition of two 3 inch 50 cal (76 mm) guns on platforms atop the boat cranes, and the first to control gunfire with directors and rangefinders, analog forerunners of today's computers.

In the worst flare-up since the 2003 cease-fire, Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire near the Line of Control earlier this month, resulting in deaths on both sides.

Gunfire along the line of control left at least one Indian soldier dead and each country blaming the other for the incident.A spate of bomb blasts in Ahmedabad, the biggest city in the Indian state of Gujarat, killed more than 50 people.

Yassine Laabidi and Jabeur Khachnaoui were recorded calmly moving through the museum, and were later heard firing single shots and controlled bursts of gunfire at fleeing tourists.

Mortar shells still occasionally fall inside the wire, and soldiers fall asleep to the constant sounds of helicopters, controlled detonations and gunfire from firing ranges.