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To: DUMBGRUNT

Per naval experts, each 16 inch shell cost about $500.

https://www.g2mil.com/battleships.htm

A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile, which is the closest US missile counterpart and was the other option available to the New Jersey in dealing with a land target, costs $1.87M apiece.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomahawk_(missile)

The recent exception to that rule was the Advanced Gun System’s LRLAP 155mm round which was going to cost $800K-$1M per shot and was comparable in effect to an AGM-119 Penguin, which is less than $800K per missile.


46 posted on 03/07/2020 6:26:55 PM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

$500 per 16 inch shell... Maybe in 1945 dollars (does it include the propellant cost?).

Currently the regular 5 inch shell (plus propellant, shell is no good without it) costs more than $500. If they were still producing 16 inch rounds, I’d expect them to be a bit more expensive than 2000 pound bombs.


58 posted on 03/07/2020 7:19:54 PM PST by Dundee (They gave up all their tomorrows for our today's.)
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To: Spktyr

Per naval experts, each 16 inch shell cost about $500.

First, let me state, this is not my line of work and I suspect you are intensely familiar with the newer equipment.
Not trolling or trying to prove any points.

The projectile is 2,700 pounds and I don’t know how many hundred pounds of powder are used for each round.
And the barrel life is about 300 rounds $$$

Nothing Mil-Spec that weighs in at ~3,000 pounds ever cost $500?

I recall seeing an unexploded projectile next to the trail in I Corps RVN. HUGE!

The New Jersey and Puff were always a fun hot topic at the time.


59 posted on 03/07/2020 7:20:40 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT
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