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Offline ONTOS

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5" guns
« on: November 24, 2017, 03:31:55 PM »
Once again, when five" guns are firing, one or the other is hitting the back of other 5" guns or parts of the ship. It looks like HT could add something, like on the planes with a rear gunner. The gun stops firing when the gun comes close to the tail.

Offline lunatic1

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Re: 5" guns
« Reply #1 on: November 24, 2017, 10:17:17 PM »
Once again, when five" guns are firing, one or the other is hitting the back of other 5" guns or parts of the ship. It looks like HT could add something, like on the planes with a rear gunner. The gun stops firing when the gun comes close to the tail.

I have mentioned this before myself--was told it is the factual design for the ships 5" guns
C.O. of the 173rd Guardian Angels---Don't fire until you can see the whites of their eyes...Major devereux(The Battle Of Wake Island-1941.
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