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Thanks, Trevor:

> Since the Russians have so many for sale, the Soviets presumably
> required that every warship navigator have one on hand.

Apparently this is a standard equipment...
Recently I was surprised to learn
(from one of those Ukrainian sellers
mentioned above) that even mechanical chronometers are
still required on the Ukrainian ships!!

I am not even mentioning GPS, but my $25 Casio watch easily
beats any mechanical chronometer in precision,
plus it has a stopwatch,
dual time, countdown, water resistance (tested!) and 7 years
guaranteed battery life, not mentioning the features I had
no chance to explore yet:-)

> under circumstances where the position was critical (bombarding
> inland targets by indirect fire, for example).

When I was 14 I saw one of these protractors on a navigator's
desc of a Soviet passenger liner...
and since then I always wanted to have
one:-)

Alex.

   

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