May 24, 2015 · However, for large-caliber naval guns, the size of the guns, the thickness of the turrets' face armor, and the much greater gun-elevation angle requirements, impose great …

The turret design is indeed USN and was used on three classes of heavy cruiser (NOT battleship), Pensacola class, Northampton class, and 2 of the Portland class. Of these 10 …

Apr 18, 2015 · @AarãoXistoSalazar A picture of the same sort of gun turret on a US warship is not a conclusion. The only way to find a more reliable source is to find an original source about …

This was the beginning of a period of rapid evolution of designs, which culminated 40 years later in the a somewhat standardized form, the dreadnought or battleship. The CSS Virginia was a …

Jun 22, 2020 · Without anything to provide a sense of scale, it's easy to mistake one for the other, particularly if you're not getting close enough to count the guns in each turret. Mistaking the …

Apr 14, 2018 · Being mechanized infantry, when in the turret of my vehicle, I would wear a special helmet with integrated communications - this included muffler-styled ear pieces. This was …

Dec 15, 2024 · Were the tallboy bombs used to attack and (finally) sink the Tirpitz re-fuzed as impact weapons? The Tallboy bombs were originally designed to be ground-penetrating …

Sep 12, 2017 · Modern tanks (M1 Abrams, Challenger 2, Leopard 2, etc) are using laser targeting systems now - the gunner sights the target, and the turret and gun automatically rotate and …

The Daybook is an authorised publication of the Hampton Roads Naval Museum which currently manages the battleship USS Wisconsin. In Volume 7, No 4 they relate two stories about the …

Mar 9, 2023 · The ironic thing about the Japanese is that, despite realizing (and repeatedly demonstrating) that carriers could operate as stand-alone fleets, they kept trying to force a …