Fire Control Equipment

Military Fire-Control Equipment and Aiming Components

Explore military fire-control equipment developed to help crews locate targets, determine firing data, aim weapons, and correct fire. This category covers optical, mechanical, electrical, and electronic components such as gunsights, telescopes, rangefinders, fire-control directors, ballistic computers, azimuth and elevation indicators, collimators, quadrants, instrument mounts, reticles, controls, and related aiming hardware. These systems supported artillery, armored vehicles, anti-aircraft weapons, naval guns, aircraft armament, and other military weapon platforms. Any explosive ordnance represented with this equipment is inert or deactivated and intended for historical display, collecting, or technical study.