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guitarnoir t1_iruzjsp wrote

Reply to comment by Meandmystudy in TIl the first working programmable, fully automatic digital computer was built in Germany during world war 2 by Konrad zuse but received no press coverage because of the war by mankls3

The US submarines of WWII used an analog, electro-mechanical computer to figure out inwhich direction, and when to fire a torpedo and have it arrive at a moving surface vessel:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo_Data_Computer

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Sdog1981 t1_irw6gpg wrote

And they are still being used today.

"Two upgraded World War II-era U.S. Navy fleet submarines (USS Tusk and Cutlass) with their TDCs continue to serve with Taiwan's navy and U.S. Nautical Museum staff are assisting them with maintaining their equipment."

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Peter_deT t1_irvi8vk wrote

Ships had used the same for gunnery direction for decades - continuously developed from pre World War I. One of the components of dreadnought gunnery.

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