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minus-squareOsaErisXerolinkfedilink18•6 months agoAre we not going to talk about the, what, 17" dual turret in front of the elevator? arrow-up118arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoAll ships need more dakka. arrow-up18arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
minus-square𝔄 𝔰𝔢𝔫𝔱𝔦𝔢𝔫𝔱 𝔭𝔦𝔢𝔠𝔢 𝔬𝔣 𝔠𝔥𝔢𝔢𝔰𝔢linkEnglish3•edit-26 months ago17" CIWS Same fire rate. Edit: Okay, imma do some math. Let’s be generous and use a 16" gun because I couldn’t find a modern 17" gun. At 1,225 kg and 75 rounds/second that’s 91,875 kg or almost 92 tons of projectiles going down range. At 762 m/s for the AP projectile that would be 7.001 × 10^7 N of force, or 77.5 Boeing 747s at full thrust. That ship might roll a tad. arrow-up13arrow-down10file-textreply1starmore-verticalmailMessageflagCreate ReportslashBlock user
Are we not going to talk about the, what, 17" dual turret in front of the elevator?
All ships need more dakka.
17" CIWS
Same fire rate.
Edit: Okay, imma do some math. Let’s be generous and use a 16" gun because I couldn’t find a modern 17" gun.
At 1,225 kg and 75 rounds/second that’s 91,875 kg or almost 92 tons of projectiles going down range.
At 762 m/s for the AP projectile that would be 7.001 × 10^7 N of force, or 77.5 Boeing 747s at full thrust.
That ship might roll a tad.