British Royal Navy Systems
- Dreyer Table
- Pollen's Argo Clock
- Admiralty Fire Control Table - from 1920s
- HACS - A/A system from 1931
- Fuze Keeping Clock - simplified HACS A/A system for destroyers from 1938
- Pom-Pom Director - pioneered use of gyroscopic Tachymetric fire-control for short range weapons - From 1940
- Gyro Rate Unit - pioneered use of gyroscopic Tachymetric fire-control for medium calibre weapons - From 1940
- Royal Navy Radar - pioneered the use of radar for A/A fire-control and centimetric radar for surface fire-control - from 1939
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