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Animats · 2025-09-06T19:21:07 1757186467

The animated training film for B-29 gunners.[1]

For a sense of what air to air gunnery is like without computer assistance, see the corresponding training film for B-17 gunners. [2].

[1] https://archive.org/details/19584-army-air-forces-gunnery-in...

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoHOVUKOc0M

xyzelement · 2025-09-06T20:14:42 1757189682

Really enjoyed this.

A few months ago I took an Appleseed rifle skills course. It's amazing what goes inyo "just" hitting a static target from a static position at 25 yards with soft time constraints. It's amazing what goes into hitting a moving target from a moving plane in a few seconds.

matheusmoreira · 2025-09-07T07:54:50 1757231690

I love these military training movies, they're so good at teaching complex concepts. This one about celestial navigation is really good as well:

https://youtu.be/UV1V9-nnaAs

yread · 2025-09-07T17:13:13 1757265193

So it basically worked like dogfights in starwars ep.4

shakow · 2025-09-07T10:01:01 1757239261

The best video on the topic I ever watched

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKRszjV07ZQ

Hikikomori · 2025-09-07T08:41:10 1757234470

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo

"Secret History of Silicon Valley" talks a lot about electronic warfare of ww2.