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Postby Romulus111VADT » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:57 am

.....to fire a 16"/50 caliber Mark 7 shell weighing 2,700 lb (1,225 kg),
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby Fozzer » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:06 am

...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...!

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Re: What it takes.....

Postby ozzy72 » Mon Jul 27, 2009 7:36 am

Quite impressive but I've seen bigger in the window of Anne Summers shops ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby a1 » Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:52 pm

I would not want to be standing near that thing when it goes off. :o
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby Romulus111VADT » Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:30 pm

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.....

Postby BFMF » Mon Jul 27, 2009 8:06 pm

is the water really vaporizing...?! :o
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby Romulus111VADT » Tue Jul 28, 2009 4:11 am

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
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby Leigh » Tue Jul 28, 2009 5:52 am

in Hawaii i saw the Missouri :D

big guns i must say
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby BigTruck » Tue Jul 28, 2009 7:21 pm

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-)
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby jrom » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:31 pm

Iowa firing broadside viewed from almost straight above:


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Re: What it takes.....

Postby BFMF » Tue Jul 28, 2009 8:36 pm

That's just incredible.....! :o
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Re: What it takes.....

Postby BigTruck » Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:06 pm

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!!!
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