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What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:57 am
by Romulus111VADT
.....to fire a 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 shell weighing 2,700 lb (1,225 kg),

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:06 am
by Fozzer
...one or two of those, taken with a glass of water at Bed-time, would be a "sure-fire" cure for Constipation!... :o... :o.... :o...!

Paul... ;)... ;D... ;D... ;D...!

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:36 am
by ozzy72
Quite impressive but I've seen bigger in the window of Anne Summers shops ;D ;D ;D

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:52 pm
by a1
I would not want to be standing near that thing when it goes off. :o

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:30 pm
by Romulus111VADT
I would not want to be standing near that thing when it goes off. :o


As Andrew said,
Big boom boom.... ;D


Check out the effect on the water below the number one turrent as all three fire at once...... :o


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Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:06 pm
by BFMF
is the water really vaporizing...?! :o

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:11 am
by Romulus111VADT
is the water really vaporizing...?! :o


Here's a full broadside from the USS Iowa BB61.

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Again, compression butchers a great picture. It was 2354 X 3000 and had to be compressed to 700 X 892......sorry

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:52 am
by Leigh
in Hawaii i saw the Missouri :D

big guns i must say

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:21 pm
by BigTruck
in Hawaii i saw the Missouri :D

big guns i must say


;D  I re-enlisted on the deck of the Missouri, like you said, those are big guns  8-)

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:31 pm
by jrom
Iowa firing broadside viewed from almost straight above:


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Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:36 pm
by BFMF
That's just incredible.....! :o

Re: What it takes.....

PostPosted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:06 pm
by BigTruck
And to think they did this for hours on end, delivering tons upon tons of lead to the Pacific Islands before the Marines would land in the landing boats.  What a War!!!