[ARC5] ARB Modifications

Bill Cromwell wrcromwell at gmail.com
Fri Nov 2 19:05:44 EDT 2012


On Fri, 2012-11-02 at 15:50 -0700, J. Forster wrote:
> Battleship big guns fire shells weighing tons, not 70 pounds. The casings
> are about 16" OD and 4-5 feet high. And that's just the projectile.
> 
> -John
> 

I was on a small destroyer. A set of battleship rifles was bigger than
my entire ship. A friend who saw and *touched* those projectiles
referred to them as airborne Volkswagens!

73,

Bill  KU8H





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