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The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems. It was used to automate the aiming of the British Army's Bofors 40 mm guns and provide accurate lead calculations through simple inputs on three main handwheels. The design was also adopted for use in the United States, where it was produced by Singer Corporation as the M5 Antiaircraft Director, later updated as the M5A1 and M5A2. The M6 was mechanically identical, differing only in running on UK-style 50 Hz power.

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rdfs:label	Kerrison-Feuerleitrechner (de) Kerrison Predictor (en)
rdfs:comment	Der Kerrison-Feuerleitrechner war eines der ersten vollautomatischen Feuerleitsysteme für die Flugabwehr. Es diente der Automatisierung des Zielens der Bofors 40-mm-Geschütze der britischen Armee und lieferte genaue Vorlaufberechnungen durch einfache Eingaben an drei Handrädern. (de) The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems. It was used to automate the aiming of the British Army's Bofors 40 mm guns and provide accurate lead calculations through simple inputs on three main handwheels. The design was also adopted for use in the United States, where it was produced by Singer Corporation as the M5 Antiaircraft Director, later updated as the M5A1 and M5A2. The M6 was mechanically identical, differing only in running on UK-style 50 Hz power. (en)
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has abstract	Der Kerrison-Feuerleitrechner war eines der ersten vollautomatischen Feuerleitsysteme für die Flugabwehr. Es diente der Automatisierung des Zielens der Bofors 40-mm-Geschütze der britischen Armee und lieferte genaue Vorlaufberechnungen durch einfache Eingaben an drei Handrädern. (de) The Kerrison Predictor was one of the first fully automated anti-aircraft fire-control systems. It was used to automate the aiming of the British Army's Bofors 40 mm guns and provide accurate lead calculations through simple inputs on three main handwheels. The predictor could aim a gun at an aircraft based on simple inputs like the observed speed and the angle to the target. Such devices had been used on ships for gunnery control for some time, and versions such as the Vickers Predictor were available for larger anti-aircraft guns intended to be used against high-altitude bombers. Kerrison's analog computer was the first to be fast enough to be used in the demanding high-speed low-altitude role, which involved very short engagement times and high angular rates. The design was also adopted for use in the United States, where it was produced by Singer Corporation as the M5 Antiaircraft Director, later updated as the M5A1 and M5A2. The M6 was mechanically identical, differing only in running on UK-style 50 Hz power. (en)

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