Admiralty Gunnery Establishment

Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
United Kingdom
Department overview
Formed1931
Preceding Department
Dissolved1959
Superseding Department
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersHaslemere, England
Department executive
  • Superintendent Admiralty Gunnery Establishment
Parent DepartmentAdmiralty

The Admiralty Gunnery Establishment (AGE),[1] originally known as Fire Control Group (ARL) and later known as the Admiralty Surface Weapons Establishment (ASWE), was an admiralty research department primarily responsible for Army and Navy gunfire control work between 1931 and 1959.

  1. ^ Harding, Richard (2005). The Royal Navy, 1930–2000: Innovation and Defence. Hove, East Sussex, England: Psychology Press. p. 274. ISBN 9780714657103.