Whenever I've read about naval combat or something like that I've noticed that when a warship engages in combat all turrets all aim at one target. Is it possible for a ship to fire at two separate targets at the same time?

And if a ship is carrying both HE and AP shells does all turrets have to use the same type of shells?

7540741
If the main turrets are on independent fire control, yes, but most commonly they are on a central director system which leads to turrets all firing on the same target.

7540754
How does the local control work?

7540773
Try this, it will explain quite a bit.

7540857
It's too detailed for my tired brain to handle. I just want a simple answer.

7540893
There is no simple answer.

7540893
When super complex machines displacing tens of thousands of tons are involved, anything remotely resembling simple goes right up the smokestack.

7541378
"Director control is basically that all turrets fire on the same target."

This is director control simply said from what I've read so far.

7541382
Well... a gross oversimplification of an incredibly complex system, but that is the basics of what it does.

7541413
Now how would you put local control oversimplified.