Show I S WHAT GUN ELEVATION DOES ll- ll 5 I J k f The gun elevation diagram here shows a shot fired low over the water soon gets sucked down by gravity whereas one fired by an elevated gun travels nuch farther before gravity has its effect The reason war pre ships had less elevation than now Was that navies had no reason for throwing a shot farther than they could see sec But now airplane spotting enables them to hit a target beyond the horizon One way of increasing gun elevation without mani- mani manipulating mani manipulating the gun is to list the ship |