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Battleship Missouri firing in the gulf war.
« on: May 13, 2013, 04:45:08 PM »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HzVBVIjM6s
 
I've always had a soft spot for those old battlewagons. Loved the night firing. POWDERMAN.  ;D ;D
 
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Re: Battleship Missouri firing in the gulf war.
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2013, 05:00:09 PM »
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Each gun weighed about 239,000 pounds (108,000 kg) without the breech, or 267,900 pounds (121,517 kg) with the breech.[1] They fired projectiles weighing from 1,900 to 2,700 pounds (850 to 1,200 kg) at a maximum speed of 2,690 feet per second (820 m/s) with a range of up to 24 miles (39 km). At maximum range the projectile spent almost 1˝ minutes in flight.[

I wanna see their reloading manual, and dont ya know you need a bunch of wheel eights to cast one of them projectiles. 
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