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The gunner sits to the commanders left and has a smaller rectangular hatch with a rearward-facing day periscope, additionally there are three other day periscopes facing forward and left.
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* The commander now sits with the gunner in an enlarged turret.
The right one is operated by a bow machine gun gunner sits on the right hand side of the driver.
The commander sits in the turret along with the gunner and loader.
The squad leader is situated in the turret of the vehicle ; one rifleman sits behind him and another six are seated in the chassis, the eighth manning the hull machine gun and the ninth situated in the turret with the gunner.
The commander, who sits on the right hand side in the middle of the turret, aims the gun in azimuth, the gunner aims the gun in elevation and the sight adjuster enters data into the sight.
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The gunner aims the cannon left or right ( deflection ), the assistant gunner aims the cannon up and down ( quadrant ).
The direction and speed of traverse was controlled by the gunner through foot pedals, or a control lever near his left arm.
The T-80 is similar in layout to the T-64 ; the driver's compartment is on the centre line at the front, the two man turret is in the centre with gunner on the left and commander on the right, and the engine is rear mounted.
In the turret, the tank commander sat beneath his roof hatch, while the gunner was situated to the left of the gun breech and the loader to the right.
Three of the crew were to the left of the gun: driver to the front, then gunner and last the loader.
Three of the crew were to the left of the gun: driver to the front, then gunner and last the loader.
# The gunner stands to the left of the mortar where he can manipulate the sight, traversing handwheel, and elevating handwheel.
The right side had been chosen because the gunner had to stand to the left of the barrel to operate the gun.
The new turret seats the gunner on the left hand side of the main gun.
The new turret seats the gunner on the left hand side of the main gun.
In the forward compartment, the driver sat on the right, and bow gunner on the left.
The commander's hatch is on the turret left, with the gunner sitting forward and below him.
The electronically powered two-man MK46 turret on the personnel variant accommodates the commander on the right and gunner on the left, a fire control system, and the main and coaxial weapons.
The crew enters the forwards compartment through two lateral hatches, the driver on the left, and the gunner of the right ; two more hatches in the roof give access to armament and provide for emergency exit.
On the standard Sherman tank, there was a single hatch in the turret through which the tank commander, gunner and loader entered and left the tank.
In the turret the loader was on the left and the gunner on the right of the gun with the commander behind the gunner.
In the center of the hull is the two man turret, which holds the commander on the right and the gunner on the left, both are provided with hatches.
The decision was made to drop the machine gun and its team and the next design had a crew of three-driver and gunner in the front, third crew-member on the left in the rear and the right rear open for stowage.
After enrolling briefly at the University of Wyoming, Hathaway left school in early 1942 to enlist in the Army Air Corps following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December, 1941, and was trained as a radio operator and gunner.
In manual mode, two crewmen serve the turret: the gunner, at the left of the gun, uses a joystick to point the gun, and optic ranging and aiming instruments to direct the fire ; the observer monitors the operations from the back of the turret.
There was a crew of two: the driver to the left next to the engine and the tank commander / gunner behind him in the turret which was armed with a 7. 5 mm Reibel machine gun.
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The M109 has a crew of six: the section chief, the driver, the gunner, the assistant gunner and two ammunition handlers.
The gunner has a stabilised primary sight using a laser rangefinder with a range of 200 m to 10 km.
It has a new integrated weapon control and battlefield management system, which includes a gyrostabilised panoramic SAGEM MVS 580 day / thermal sight for the commander and SAGEM SAVAN 15 gyrostabilised day / thermal sight for the gunner, both with eyesafe laser rangefinder.
The gunner has a BPK-1-42 binocular sight with a moon / starlight vision range of 650 meters or 350 meters using the infra-red searchlight, and a TNPT-1 designator.
MCLOS guidance today has mostly been replaced by the easier-to-use SACLOS, which allows the gunner to merely track the target with an optical sight ( which guides the missile ), rather than being forced to both visually track the target and fly the missile manually.
* In the OVA anime series called " Karas " Productions one of the main characters is called Nue who has a human / demon transformation ( resemblance of a Nue ) and controls lightning as one major ability besides being an expert gunner.
::( 1985 ) Retains the fire control system of the original Centurion, but has a hand-held laser rangefinder for the commander and image-intensifier for the gunner.
He has the duty of preparing the ammunition ( charge settings, fuzes, etc ...) and passing it to the assistant gunner.
Since the B-52 gunner position was phased out in 1991, this famous challenge coin has become more rare.
When applied to military aircraft, largely in aviation history books written in British English, a barbette is a position on an aircraft where a gun, or guns, are in a mounting which has a restricted arc of fire when compared to a turret, or which is remotely mounted away from the gunner.
The commander has a day sight and seven observation periscopes, while the gunner has a day sight and three observation periscopes.
The commander has eight day periscopes for all round observation and the gunner has an additional three.
The BRDM-2 has a crew of four, a driver, a co-driver, a commander, and a gunner.
The gunner is using the PP-61AM sight during day time operations which has a field of view of 23 degrees and 2, 6 magnification.
The gunner has the new CDN-1 day / night sight.
The gunner has a new CDN-1 day / night sight.
It has a crew of 4 ( driver, commander, radio operator and gunner ).
Once the target has been selected, the turret can be automatically slewed directly to the target with limited interaction by the gunner.
It has a crew of four, a driver, co-driver, commander, and gunner.
If an antitank gunner has spotted the AFV, he may train his sights on it and wait for an easy shot while it moves forward.
After the missile is fired, all the gunner has to do is keep the target in the sight's cross hairs, and the system will automatically track the missile's rear-facing flares, gather the missile into the gunner's sight, and send commands to steer the missile into the gunner's line of sight.
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