[ARC5] ARB Modifications

[Geoff]

Perhaps if you read closer as to what he actually said you would understand 
his error. Tons is plural is it not, and in general use is used as an 
intensifier which means "a large amount". I used several for simplicity 
hoping most here would understand the intent.
But there is always that one who just doesnt get it (-;


"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"

The big guns caused far less shock to shipboard equipment due to it being 
such a low frequency. The jarring "crack" of the 5" and even the 3" guns 
were the ones that caused damage.




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Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications


> Geoffrey,
>
> You're the first person in this thread to use the word "several". 
> Although
> John's statement is perhaps overly dramatic, it is grammatically correct.
> It is correct to write "1 ton".  It is also correct to write "1.01 tons".
> With anything greater, one should also use the plural.
>
> It has been decades since I last read the GM1&C course book (for fun,
> because I would have been an ET at the time) and I don't recall the actual 
> weight
> range of 16"-50 projectiles (AKA bullets).  But I can recall from
> experience that it doesn't take 16" guns to damage installed equipment. 
> USS Bushnell
> (AS-19) used to send EM's to the crews berthing space in the foc'sle to
> remove all light bulbs before the required annual gun shoot.  The berthing
> space was located under Mount 51 (two 5"-38 guns) and by about the third 
> round,
> most of the lamps would be broken out of their bases.
>
> Gunner
>
> In a message dated 11/02/2012 20:31:36 PM Central Daylight Time,
> geoffrey at jeremy.mv.com writes:
>> Since when does a 1900 to 2700 pound shell equal several (as in more than
>> 2)
>> tons?
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com>
>> To: "Michael A. Bittner" <mmab at cox.net>
>> Cc: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 6:50 PM
>> Subject: Re: [ARC5] ARB Modifications
>>
>>
>> >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
>> >
>>
>
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