Abstract
The main purpose of this article is to present the decisive contribution that Brigadier General Ion Bungescu had to the development of anti-aircraft artillery in Romania. To achieve this objective we describe in the paper the evolution of the anti-aircraft gun director computer he invented, as well as its modus operandi. The adopted methods include quantitative and qualitative analyses of documents, manuals and albums published during the considered period, and some published by Brigadier General Ion Bungescu. The results of the article are presented in the context of the accelerated development of military aviation between the two world wars. This development put terrible pressure on the development of anti-aircraft artillery that started with land guns adapted for anti-aircraft firing in 1916 and reached anti-aircraft guns controlled by Gun Director Computer in 1945. We can compare the development of military aviation during that time with the development of information technology over the last 30 years, from connecting computers in the network to the use of artificial intelligence.
Highlights
Anti-aircraft artillery includes actions such as active combat actions against an enemy from the air, as well as mitigating actions against its impact on other containment elements, such as chemical defenses, cloaking, and engineering vehicles
The subject of the article concerns the decisive contribution of Brigadier General Ion Bungescu to the development of anti-aircraft artillery in Romania
In order to get an idea of the actions of the Romanian army, it is necessary to look at the methods of combat, including types of anti-aircraft programs during the First World War
Summary
Anti-aircraft artillery includes actions such as active combat actions against an enemy from the air, as well as mitigating actions against its impact on other containment elements, such as chemical defenses, cloaking, and engineering vehicles. The article examines the emergence and development of anti-aircraft artillery in Romania from 1915 until the end of the Second World War in 1945 This analysis is important from a historical point of view, and in order to understand how the people of that time managed to find quick solutions to keep up with the extremely rapid development of aviation. The end of World War II marks the appearance of the first jet aircraft Messerschmitt Me 262 Schwalbe fighter-bombing aircraft (Swallow)( Fig.5) This fighter had the following technical performances: - monoplane fighter, maximum speed of 250 m / s, range of 1050 km, maximum flight altitude 11450 m, ascending speed 20 m / s.; - the fighter had the following types of weapons: 4 30 mm MK 108 guns, up to 500 kg of bombs and 24 55 mm missiles. Romania’s efforts to develop air defense systems capable of effectively fighting the air force means will be presented
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