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Holy Broadside Batman! *PIC*

I thought a few of the Iowa class battleships left in the US navy were still being kept at sea-ready conditions?

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

ima go look up some of the gun sizes of WWII battleships...I thought those yamamot ships had the most firepower of any in history
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Apparently, at normal engagement ranges, the 18-inch shells the Yamato and her sister, Musashi, used were only as effective as the 16 inch shells of the Iowa class' main armament.
 
Wow, that pic is ridiculous, to the point of me suggesting that it's photoshopped. That's rather unbelievable :shocked:
 
Originally posted by: futuristicmonkey
I thought a few of the Iowa class battleships left in the US navy were still being kept at sea-ready conditions?

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

ima go look up some of the gun sizes of WWII battleships...I thought those yamamot ships had the most firepower of any in history
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Apparently, at normal engagement ranges, the 18-inch shells the Yamato and her sister, Musashi, used were only as effective as the 16 inch shells of the Iowa class' main armament.
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until 06 according to wikipedia
 
Photo is real. Theres ALOT of power in battleships, the reason crew control was of massive importance whenever those guns were fired.
 
Originally posted by: Aflac
Wow, that pic is ridiculous, to the point of me suggesting that it's photoshopped. That's rather unbelievable :shocked:
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Those ships could effectively fire VWs accurately for 24 miles. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: Aflac
Wow, that pic is ridiculous, to the point of me suggesting that it's photoshopped. That's rather unbelievable :shocked:
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That pic is real. I've seen similar photographs back 25 years ago, long before photoshop and other types of programs like that were around to "enhance" photographs.

From what I've heard, a full broadside like that would effectively push the battleship SIDEWAYS in the water a full 60 feet.....even while sailing forward at 15 to 20 knots!! :shocked:

The funniest thing was that we had two of those in the Gulf region in 91, for Desert Storm.....and when the Iraqi troops saw the unmanned drone they were using for a spotter (to help zero in the shells from 20+ miles out), they'd surrender....to the drone!! Yeah, they had just a wee bit of intimidation factor to 'em!! :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: marvdmartian
Originally posted by: Aflac
Wow, that pic is ridiculous, to the point of me suggesting that it's photoshopped. That's rather unbelievable :shocked:
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That pic is real. I've seen similar photographs back 25 years ago, long before photoshop and other types of programs like that were around to "enhance" photographs.

From what I've heard, a full broadside like that would effectively push the battleship SIDEWAYS in the water a full 60 feet.....even while sailing forward at 15 to 20 knots!! :shocked:

The funniest thing was that we had two of those in the Gulf region in 91, for Desert Storm.....and when the Iraqi troops saw the unmanned drone they were using for a spotter (to help zero in the shells from 20+ miles out), they'd surrender....to the drone!! Yeah, they had just a wee bit of intimidation factor to 'em!! :laugh:
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I guess the thinking then is, either surrender now, or else you're going to have projectiles larger than your head coming at you really really soon.
 
The last time I saw a battleship fire its 16" guns was when the US was bombarding Lebanon in 1983 with the USS New Jersey. My ship was right behind it for 3 months.
 
Originally posted by: marvdmartian

From what I've heard, a full broadside like that would effectively push the battleship SIDEWAYS in the water a full 60 feet.....even while sailing forward at 15 to 20 knots!! :shocked:
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Assuming a 60,000 ton displacement, and a 3,000lb shell (a conservative guess, I think) with a muzzle velocity of 2,800ft/s fired with a 45 degree elevation,

The sideways KE of the shell would be .5 * 1363kg * (603.7m/s)^2 = 248.4 x10^6 joules

Due to Newton's second law we know that forces command equal and opposite reactions, as well as impulses.

sq_root(248.4x10^6 J / 54.5x10^6 kg) = 2.13m/s

At the time of firing, the ship would be moved opposite to the blast at a rate of 2.13 m/s - considering the size of the ah heck - wow!
 
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