Editing Inertial platform

{{Short description|System of navigation by gyroscopes}}
An '''inertial platform''', also known as a '''gyroscopic platform''' or '''stabilized platform''', is a system using [[gyroscope]]s to maintain a platform in a fixed orientation in space despite the movement of the vehicle that it is attached to. These can then be used to stabilize [[gunsight]]s in [[tank]]s, [[anti-aircraft artillery]] on ships, and as the basis for older mechanically based [[inertial navigation system]]s {{xref|(see [[Inertial measurement unit]])}}.

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[[Category:Aircraft instruments]]
[[Category:Navigational equipment]]


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