Pics of the "big guns" firing...

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Remmy

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Never actually seen the projectile leaving the gun on one of these suckers. :)

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Coronach

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It does my heart good to know that USS Wisconsin is still in the mobilization reserve. Sometime, someplace, those guns might fire in anger one last time.

Mike
 
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yorec

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I'm not a Navy man - (well, my father in law is) but I can't help but swell a little with pride knowing she's one of ours and still workin'... :cool:
 
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Sisco

New member
How about a shot of big missles launching? Talos missle being launched from the fantail of the USS Chicago CG11. I was aboard the day the pic. was taken.
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And what, if you were wondering, does a missle launch do to the paint?
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George Hill

Staff Alumnus
DAMN. I could have used that to strip the old paint off the Samurai! :mad:

"Yeah, this is the NAVY? Yeah, I want to park a little Suzuki Samurai under the back blast of one of your missle launches... Yeah, I know it will strip the paint... Hello... Hello?"
 
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nsf003

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WOW!!:cool: :cool: I just sat and stared for about 3 minutes. I would not want to be on the wrong end of one of those. Makes a 50 BMG look like a cap gun. Keep em coming.:) :)

nsf003
 
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4V50 Gary

Staff
Did you know those big ships handle like a destroyer? Yep, their turning radius is smaller than other BBs of the era.

Big guns and lots of 'em. That's what the Navy use to be.
 
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Tamara

Moderator Emeritus
Anybody care to figure the ME of an 18.9 million grain projectile at 2500 feet-per-second? With a 16" bore, I'll bet it'd have a hella TKOV and at 2500fps, M&S would approve, plus I bet it'd blow a jello block clean off the table.

What's MOA calculate out to at 42,345 yards?

I'd guess you'd want a fairly long eye relief scope on these things to avoid a black eye... ;)
 
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Quartus

New member
Now THAT'S what I call stopping power!

:D


Oh, I LOVE things that go BOOM!


REALLY BOOM! :D


And what, if you were wondering, does a missle launch do to the paint?
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Gotta have some way to keep those swabbies busy at sea!


No wonder out taxes are so high. Look at all the paint one live exercise burns up!

:D
 
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