And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
The US Colorado Class Battleships were the first to have 16" rifles and they went into service at the very end of WW1. The Washington Naval Treaty limited battleship armament to 16" projectiles. Nations went along with that but they continually fudged with the tonnage of the Treaty Cruisers (limited to 8" rifles and 10,000 tons).
The shell "style" is British. I'd guess a 14 or 15 inch gun about 1915-1930ish. (The Britts changed the driving bands sometime in the 30's but kept all the old ammo -- waste not---)
armour piercing 16 inch naval ?
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DeleteThe US Colorado Class Battleships were the first to have 16" rifles and they went into service at the very end of WW1. The Washington Naval Treaty limited battleship armament to 16" projectiles. Nations went along with that but they continually fudged with the tonnage of the Treaty Cruisers (limited to 8" rifles and 10,000 tons).
ReplyDeleteThe shell "style" is British. I'd guess a 14 or 15 inch gun about 1915-1930ish. (The Britts changed the driving bands sometime in the 30's but kept all the old ammo -- waste not---)
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