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Probably for Neil only: WI 30 knot Nelsons?

Started by grumbler, July 05, 2014, 06:54:52 PM

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As a kind of a follow-on to that discussion, there was a discussion of the British 16"/45 Mk I guns, originally designed for the G3 class and eventually installed in the Nelrods.  Apparently, that was one turkey of a gun with a crap shell, and the RN couldn't figure out how to fix the gun without a decent shell to calibrate the gun with, and couldn't create a decent shell without a decent gun to fire the competing designs.  That's probably why the Bismarck was still afloat after probably 100 hits by 16" fire from the Rodney.
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