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Originally Posted by Defcon 6
What was the actual range of these devices on the Iowa's?
I know it's 45,000 yards, but that isn't that actual range right because it doesn't take into consideration the distance to horizon? So how far can they actually see?
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Though Dreadnought probably has the right manuals on those directors, they could probably "see" 40 to 45,000 yards. A 6-foot tall man standing erect can see 15 miles (abt 27,000 yards) to the horizon (on perfectly flat ground). But the higher you get, the further out you can see. Those directors are pretty high up.
I recall, years ago when the air was cleaner in LA, sitting on a bluff of the Palos Verdes Penninsula about 200 feet above sea level and clearly seeing the city of Avalon on Catalina Island 26 miles away and even the horizon of the ocean beyond the island.