>>64452454
>the K-14 ("the acemaker") gunsight
Neat. I'd never heard of this before.

From the Pilot Training Manual for the Thunderbolt P-47N:
>As you adjust the K-14 gyroscope gunsight, it automatically gives you the correct lead and shows you the range of the target. In other words, it’s the answer to a poor deflection shooter’s prayer.
>Though exceedingly complicated internally, the sight is easy to operate with a little practice.
>Actually, the K-14 contains 2 sights: The compensating sight, and an ordinary fixed electrical sight. In the fixed sight, a cross has been substituted for the pipper.
>The fixed sight, may be used alone, but ordinarily the cross is employed (with the ring extinguished) to show the amount of lead the gyro sight is allowing.
>The gyro sight consists of a dot surrounded by six small diamonds. Your problem is to place the dot squarely on an enemy plane by maneuvering your Thunderbolt, and keep him properly surrounded by the six diamonds until you shoot him down.
And much like the sight, I'm currently diamonds.