Gunsight, K-13 Compensating Sight TBM Avenger Used for sighting 3"/50 guns

Used for sighting 3"/50 guns

indicating RPM for the rotor on the inner scale and rotor for the outer scale with a ratio of 9

SMAMA managed the logistics support for the F-111A variable sweep-wing fighter

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Used across many versions of US Army Air Force aircraft with navigator crew during the era

Gunsight, K-13 Compensating Sight TBM Avenger Used for sighting 3"/50 gunsThe K 13 Compensating Gunsight, made by Sperry, is a electrically powered gunsight designed to compensate for altitude and airspeed. Typically mounted on the rear housing of a 50 cal machine gun from a side waist gun position in the aircraft. Used in Boeing B 17 Flying Fortress and Consolidated B 24 Liberator bombers during WW2. It was a late war innovation that used the aircraft altitude and speed with the direct correlation of where the weapon was