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Unless you've seen one up close it's hard to wrap your head around how big naval guns are. I work in a converted naval gun factory, built in WWII. They used to
by GlenTheMachine 7y ago
Unless you've seen one up close it's hard to wrap your head around how big naval guns are.
I work in a converted naval gun factory, built in WWII. They used to take the main guns off battleships and reline them every hundred shots or so, and my building was a huge machine shop set up to replace the linings.
The gantry crane used to take the guns off the railroad cars they were shipped on is still in place. The hook of the crane is a solid piece of steel. It is larger than my Honda.
- killjoywashere 7y agoGreat photo: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_iowa_bb-61_pr.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Uss_iowa_bb-61_pr.jpg notice the boats along the port side near the aft gun. And, forward of the aft gun, and between the deck houses, are several grey rectangles. Each one has 4 Tomahawk missiles. Those "coffins" are roughly the size of tractor trailers. One thing you'll notice: no humans. The shockwave will kill you.
- hatsunearu 7y agoI incorrectly assumed the tomahawks would be on VLS launch platforms but no, they're like surface launched or something. Took a while to look for those "coffins" when I was looking for a square on the deck :P