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Forward observer marks VT shell explosions. When they are on the money the conventional shells follow. (One poss. method.)

Sounds quite reasonable.

The gun crews don't care what they're shooting at or what they're shooting.

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Sat Sep 24, 2022 8:16 pm Hi guys. The question remains, were the fuzes set to detonate in the air before hitting the ground, shrapnel like?

Radar in the shell, dial a boom.

You can see men with big leather gloves waiting to grab the empty casings. Don't let them rattle around on the deck.

I don't think the boots on the ground cared who sent the CARE packages.

Gun crews don't get enough exercise with live ammo and "clear through the barrel" practice. Sorry, I don´t understand your post. This is supposed to be a real shore bombardment. I have no doubt about that. But what I meant was the crews were honing their skills while supporting the ground...

Gun crews don't get enough exercise with live ammo and "clear through the barrel" practice.

Haven't run into that sort of site. You might inquire at http://forum.axishistory.com and http://ww2f.com/.

Thanks Bill, you made me save 100 bucks! You're welcome. (I digitized that one.) :wink: Hi! How was that? You work for google or something like that? Nope, NHHC, as a volunteer. Me and my partners in crime digitized documents, uploaded them to Hyperwar, and let NHHC know they were available. Being ...

marcelo_malara wrote: ↑Sat Apr 30, 2022 1:36 am Thanks Bill, you made me save 100 bucks!

You're welcome. (I digitized that one.)

My favorite Jackie Fischer quote:

"The Exchequer wanted four battleships. I wanted six. We compromised at eight."

RF wrote: ↑Wed Nov 24, 2010 7:31 pm Still not a really powerful weight of shot - its easy to see why Dreadnought would simply get the ''bragging rights'' over this design.

The orders to launch her within one year from keeling lying supports that. She was launched before Michigan.

Better fate than being bulldozed flat and turned into beer cans.