Fire Control
The Bretagnes were provided with 4.57-metre (15.0 ft) Barr and Stroud rangefinders. Each turret had 2-metre (6 ft 7 in) rangefinder under an armoured hood at the rear of the turret. Between the wars, fire-control directors were added for the main, secondary and anti-aircraft armament. The rangefinder on the forward superfiring turret was replaced by a 8.2-metre (27 ft) instrument.
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