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MajorAmiruddin said:

Let's say the chances of surviving a wave of enemy planes is proportional to the number of AAA available on the ship and that Kamikaze pilots are not missile computers

I meant, a not so obvious reason... I'd say it's questionable to put AAA that can only face the direction the turret is facing so, other than saving space, I can't think of a better explanation.

Darkagma said:

I meant, a not so obvious reason... I'd say it's questionable to put AAA that can only face the direction the turret is facing so, other than saving space, I can't think of a better explanation.

There are 1921 men serving on the ship so the extra anti-air guns are give something the men to do during combat

I was a GMG (Gunners Mate Guns) in the navy at the end of Viet Nam when these beasts were still doing gunfire support missions. One of the things we learned is GMG school was the power of these 16" 47Cal guns. Each turret has three guns which are physically cammed to go off 1/4 of a second apart (f you look close at the tips [muzzles] of the guns you can see that there's smoke/flash coming out of only 4 of them) . This was because if all went off at exactly the same time, the turret would be ripped off of the ship. In regards to the 'sailing straight ahead" the artist here has managed to accent very well what really happens. That is, with a full 9 gun broadside, the entire 890ft long/108ft wide/29ft deep draft displacing 45,000 tons moves SIDEWAYS in the water TWENTY THREE FEET!!!!! from the recoil.

In regards to the WWII AA, what you see here is correct, Some of the older battleships had light (20mm) guns strung out along the entire sides of the turret roofs. While the Japanese navy has AA shells for their battleship guns the US navy did not so the main turrets would be stationary in an air battle

SerialBus500 said:

Goddamn, this is glorious as hell.

Quoted for truth! Also, Iowa in 1943 carried Vought OS2U Kingfishers, not Curtiss SC-1 Seahawks.

thewiseduck said:

One of the things we learned is GMG school was the power of these 16" 47Cal guns.

50 caliber.

Each turret has three guns which are physically cammed to go off 1/4 of a second apart. This was because if all went off at exactly the same time, the turret would be ripped off of the ship.

The delay is electrical, and only 0.06 seconds. The mountings are a little tougher than that - you know, what with the barbette armor being a foot thick and all. The real reason is so that the muzzle blast from each gun firing interferes less with the other projectiles; accuracy concerns, in short.

That is, with a full 9 gun broadside, the entire 890ft long/108ft wide/29ft deep draft displacing 45,000 tons moves SIDEWAYS in the water TWENTY THREE FEET!!!!! from the recoil.

No.

Just no.

http://www.navweaps.com/index_tech/tech-022.htm

Seriously, no.

And 45,000 tons was the "standard" WW2 displacement. Iowas were typically weighed down a lot more than that - not that it matters, at least in the context of "being pushed sideways by their own gun blast".

How much of this were you told by a fellow serviceman prefixed by "now this ain't no shit"?

All guns Broadside! Ready...

FIRE!!!

The pun would bee so much easier if she was farsighted rather than nearsighted.

Wasnt expecting too much from this movie, but it was actually really good. Apparently its animated by the same people who did the Spider Verse movies and it really shows.

This is canon BTW

laisy said:

This is canon BTW

1 second to ignite it, unlike every other umamusume (Kawakami Princess included) who had work it out like most average humans... The Oni Lady was really a different being.

T34-38 said:

1 second to ignite it, unlike every other umamusume (Kawakami Princess included) who had work it out like most average humans... The Oni Lady was really a different being.

A certain someone will labor at futilely to replicate this feat.

Aw no translation?

Wtf
Her clothes are heavy?

End result of following your pocket Chronometer's advice: pool #25420

This is the image used in the music video for MONSTER. The vast majority of tags here are for the various objects in the foreground that are associated with other virtual singers.

Of course, it's Remilia.

she looks like she'll beat your ass with a huge smile on her face

Orange_marmalade said:

She looks like she'll beat your ass with a huge smile on her face.

I wish I had a catgirl maid that will happily bash your head in with brass knuckles.

NegativeSoul said:

I wish I had a catgirl maid that will happily bash your head in with brass knuckles.

Tf???
What'd i do bro💀💀💀
I dont even know u
Wierdo

Can i appeal this? its a crossover between eastern and western characters....

ourico said:

Can i appeal this? its a crossover between eastern and western characters....

Sure, go for it.

Little trivia about this artwork:
This is an old version of the artwork and it has now been fixed by removing the necklace from Thancred. Why you may ask? Because the version of Thancred with the necklace is... Thancred being possessed by Lahabrea.
Yeah, in this artwork Lahabrea is offering muffins at Minfilia. Run, girl.