Dreyer's rapid ordnance reforms followed the same pragmatic approach as his earlier work on mechanical fire control. His tables incorporated selected ideas associated with Arthur Pollen's Argo system and helped form the basis of the Admiralty Fire Control Table. Dreyer-derived equipment remained in service into the Second World War after dedicated Pollen systems had disappeared. His shell work belongs to a broader record of turning gunnery problems into usable fleet systems.
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Dreyer and Pollen took different routes into fire control
Dreyer's shell-reform method grew from the same pragmatic systems work that made his tables, alongside selected Pollen technology, part of later Admiralty fire control.