GREATEST SECRETS OF THE COLD WAR

Popular Mechanics ^ | FR Post 4-11-2003 | BY JIM WILSON

[Doctor Stochastic]

The gun computers on the North Carolina are about 3' high and about 5x5' wide. Of course that's from a 1940 time frame. Analogue computers are not very big and should work. There were small computers in 1970s but I don't know if they would have been used. I still like the recoilless rifle ideas; just vent the gasses backwards. This wouldn't work if one had to shoot out the side of a rotating object.

[bonesmccoy]

Oh dear! Now, I'm totally disappointed! ROTFL...

(Medical Gore Warning--- do not read further in my post if you are squeemish about medical stuff!)

I had an medical school professor point this out. Hollywood medicine is another great one. The star gets shot in the left shoulder/chest and then limply lifts his right hand to kill the bad guy.

The reality is that if you get hit with a round in the upper left chest, you're dead. The round would rip through not only the lung, but also your most vital arteries. You'd bleed to death before you could "say your prayers".

This is why you don't often see GSW's in the ER's who have left shoulder/chest wounds. They're already Coroner's cases and never make it to the ER.