tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post4851100385134108630..comments2023-08-16T13:30:36.797-06:00Comments on Peace or Freedom: Way back whenRagin' Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-22703131211335349482015-11-11T21:42:20.918-07:002015-11-11T21:42:20.918-07:00I wish I could duplicate this guy's story the ...I wish I could duplicate this guy's story the way he told it. He made me laugh my ass off. <br /><br />And yeah, a battleship measures their target area in grid squares. You want a portion of earth wiped off the map? The Missouri could do it.Ragin' Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04421198497767878287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5237925.post-89138668448757666872015-11-11T14:49:15.358-07:002015-11-11T14:49:15.358-07:00Yeah, there is a MAJOR difference between the 5&qu...Yeah, there is a MAJOR difference between the 5" guns used by Destroyers and the 16" broadsides fired by the battleships. The 5" shells are good for point targets and illumination, but the 16" shells are the size and weight of a VW Beetle, and if fused for VT (variable time) anti-personnel use, they explode before they impact the ground, so that the shrapnel rains down in an inverted cone several hundred feet wide at ground level. They can definitely upset the plans of hostile ground-pounders. If they do a mix-and-match of VT and impact fuse, they can collapse underground shelters, while simultaneously turning any living thing exposed above ground into hamburger.<br /><br />I wonder how you say "Go back into THAT? Are you crazy?" in Chinese? I imagine there were several repetitions of the phrase that day...Drumwasternoreply@blogger.com