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3D-Gyro Navigation Device
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3D-Gyro Navigation Device
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3D-Gyro Navigation Device
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3D-Gyro Navigation Device
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3D-Gyro Navigation Device
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3D-Gyro Navigation Device

This is yet another not-a-computer, but it is interesting. It's a compact 3D gyroscope obviously used in some inertial navigation system. Its cylindrical shape (about 9 inches in diameter and 16 inches in length) suggests that it came from a missile of some sort. It is heavy for its size, about 30 lbs.

The block cylinders within the gimbals in the closeup pictures are the gyros. There are two pairs of them mounted at right angles to the other pair.

There are no identifying labels that I can find, but the last service sticker was from 1961.