Yet time after time, from Normandy to Okinawa, the enemy would be dug in deeply enough that they'd pop out after the barrage, about as strong as they were before.
Jeff Broadwick ConVergence Technologies, Inc. 312-205-2519 Office 574-220-7826 Cell jbroadw...@converge-tech.com > On Apr 3, 2016, at 11:23 PM, Cameron Crum <cc...@wispmon.com> wrote: > > I'm all for precision guided munitions, but nothing says we've come to kick > some ass like shelling an enemy position with the 16in guns from a > battleship. Talk about demoralizing the enemy. > >> On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 10:50 AM, Josh Reynolds <j...@kyneticwifi.com> wrote: >> Systems like that don't exist so much... At least, there are no guns of that >> size on a battleship that I'm aware of (16"). >> >> I know there are much smaller systems now for certain classes of warships. >> When I was going through my joint fires naval training we talked about a >> bunch of systems (that are now public knowledge). One of the newer naval >> guns has a 40+ nautical mile range and GPS guided round - similar to the >> Excalibur artillery round. Those are mostly automated systems. >> >> If I remember right, a full battery salvo from an Iowa class battleship on a >> surface target could spread out the round impact locations to create a 1Km x >> 1Km "casualty box". I always wanted the opportunity to employ that system :P >> >>> On Apr 3, 2016 10:23 AM, "David Milholen" <dmilho...@wletc.com> wrote: >>> What an AWEsome piece of history. >>> I wonder how many of those systems are completely automated and how much >>> faster reload time is ? >>> >>> >>>> On 4/3/2016 1:59 AM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >>>> https://youtu.be/_wT1xkRpCKk >>>> >>>> I love this stuff. >>> >>> -- >>> <Davidmvcf.jpg> >
