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.
Friday, February 28, 2025
A photograph of Enormous 100-ton barrels of 15-inch Mark I naval guns at the Coventry Ordnance Works, taken in 1917 Just under 200 of these guns were made.
Bldg. 110.@ Watervliet Arsenal. Been there since 1813, we made the Bunker Buster; an 8" Navy gun tube hollowed out and filled with explosives. Nose cone was of depleted Uranium. Next was Earthquake. A 16" gun hollowed out. I made prototype and R&E weapons, retired at 61 with 42 years.
The Brits put a pair of them on the cliffs of Dover to help cover the narrowest part of the English Channel. They could hit German gun emplacements near Calais. Al_in_Ottawa
A lathe what IS a lathe!
ReplyDeleteBldg. 110.@ Watervliet Arsenal. Been there since 1813, we made the Bunker Buster; an 8" Navy gun tube hollowed out and filled with explosives. Nose cone was of depleted Uranium. Next was Earthquake. A 16" gun hollowed out. I made prototype and R&E weapons, retired at 61 with 42 years.
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ReplyDeleteThe Brits put a pair of them on the cliffs of Dover to help cover the narrowest part of the English Channel. They could hit German gun emplacements near Calais.
ReplyDeleteAl_in_Ottawa
Blimey, I recognize that bloke, ‘e’s a bleedin’ Peaky Blinders!
ReplyDeleteAnd think of the machines used to build that lathe.
ReplyDeleteNo safety glasses?
ReplyDeleteno hard hat? 100 tons suspended over his head
Delete100 tons OSHA should not even care if you are wearing a hard hat. Never seen one rated for that impact
DeleteSomewhere, an OSHA manual burst into flames.
DeleteYes, that was a big gun ... But the US battleships had 16" guns. Ours were bigger!!!
ReplyDeleteWWII's Jap-o-knee had 18" guns, but they're all on the bottom of the ocean.
DeleteLooked on Wikipedia, how did they do the rifling on these? Something about reusable, or disposable, or one use only?
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