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Great diorama of the WW2-era USS Missouri firing her guns (lemmy.world)
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[–] HappycamperNZ 4 points 7 months ago

Follow on from this (someone please correct me)

  • the guns fired slightly after eachother to reduce the shocks on the structure

  • firing directly ahead has to be done with caution for the same reason

  • the (modern) radar tracks the rounds in flight to improve accuracy on subsequent shots.