Posted on 07/25/2019 3:14:30 PM PDT by PROCON
Same here.
Uh ... is that right? I mean, .45 caliber is a pistol cartridge, roughly .41 inches. A 58 caliber would then be 58 inches. And yeah, that's one big gun, but I doubt the projectile is almost 6 feet in diameter.
No, I am talking about Big Bertha of WWI. They shelled Paris from 75 miles away.
Geez, you don’t even have to tow it.
I remember when a 175 was quietly positioned behind our small HQ at Tam Ky in I Corps, Viet Nam. When it fired off everyone hit the floor. After checks to see if arms and legs were in place the CO, who thought the world had come to an end, took a couple of knuckle draggers and convinced the self-propelled unit to find another location to terrorize.
I see 155 mm and “58 caliber tube.” In the article. Can you explain how those fit together in the same vehicle??
Is caliber for howitzers different than caliber for firearms?
I remember being told in Vietnam that the 175 round reached a height of 33,000 ft. at max range. That often crossed my mind while traveling by Huey.
“Wonder if there will a civilian model. .”
Yeah, but no pistol grip, flash hider, or bayonet mount.
62 kilometers. That’s like hitting the Washington Monument from the inner harbor at Baltimore.
58 caliber means that the length of the barrel is 58 times the diameter of the projectile. Therefore, 58 x 155 mm = 8.99 m (29.49 ft).
“I remember being told in Vietnam that the 175 round reached a height of 33,000 ft. at max range. That often crossed my mind while traveling by Huey.”
I read about an observation plane pilot over the beach during a landing that had an Iowa class broadside go by him. I got the impression that he was impressed.
Now THAT is useful technology! The beer store across the lake will have my coordinates all zeroed in...
Opp, sorry. My bad.
Just starting through one day to see crew ducking out of the turrets with hands over ears. No warning when they cut loose, the ones on our right aimed right over the road. Geezus what a sound.
Wonder how many of those guys are on VA disability with no hearing left. Sure did nto help my hearing any being that near the salvo.
I love artillery and the sights sounds at the ranges was beautiful especially at night. I was always infantry but we knew who our best friend was in artillery.
Wonder if there will a civilian model.
Semi-auto only, May capacity depending on your state.
They were supposed to call out direction and "max ord" of the shot, which I assumed was the height. I would hear them call most of the time.
Did have one salvo go by quite close, giving the CH-46 a good jostle and pissed off pilots. Apparently was not announced over the radio.
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