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tigercat

#75
September 12, 2011, 12:05:27 AM
14 inch gun  armed frigate

NARSES2

#76
September 12, 2011, 02:39:52 AM
Quote from: tigercat on September 12, 2011, 12:05:27 AM
14 inch gun  armed frigate

Called a monitor isn't it  ;D
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Rheged

#77
September 12, 2011, 03:51:22 AM Last Edit: September 12, 2011, 04:23:04 AM by Rheged
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 12, 2011, 02:39:52 AM
Quote from: tigercat on September 12, 2011, 12:05:27 AM
14 inch gun  armed frigate

Called a monitor isn't it  ;D

Is it true that monitors do 5 knots at full ahead  and 9 knots astern  when propelled by recoil?
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Weaver

#78
September 12, 2011, 04:03:31 AM
One of them had an 18" gun that only fired sideways: hope it had good rudders.... :o
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tigercat

#79
September 12, 2011, 04:21:35 AM
they did flirt with the idea of converting some River class I believe into monitors for normandy but the draft was too deep.




ASW Battleship

NARSES2

#80
September 12, 2011, 08:15:52 AM
Quote from: Rheged on September 12, 2011, 03:51:22 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on September 12, 2011, 02:39:52 AM
Quote from: tigercat on September 12, 2011, 12:05:27 AM
14 inch gun  armed frigate

Called a monitor isn't it  ;D

Is it true that monitors do 5 knots at full ahead  and 9 knots astern  when propelled by recoil?

;D


My dad was very, very nearly temporarily posted to one of the Monitors slated for Normandy but was sent to help man one of the LCT's converted to an AA vessel instead as he was an 20mm guner. He said one look at the things was enough to make him want to volunteer for the Marines  ;)

I think that one at least had no engines and had to be towed across the Channel ?
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tigercat

#81
September 20, 2011, 01:52:52 AM
Monitor converted into an Aircraft carrier

pyro-manic

#82
September 20, 2011, 02:06:37 AM
Quote from: tigercat on September 12, 2011, 04:21:35 AM
ASW Battleship

Dreadnought rammed and sunk a U-boat in 1915. ;D
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bobbo

#83
June 22, 2012, 01:28:24 PM
Turbojet-powered PBY-5a?  Maybe a pair of J-47s?

I know, I've had too much to drink . . .

bobbo

PR19_Kit

#84
June 22, 2012, 02:28:07 PM
Quote from: bobbo on June 22, 2012, 01:28:24 PM
Turbojet-powered PBY-5a?  Maybe a pair of J-47s?

A ROCKET powered PBY! Not much range but it gets there REALLY fast!  ;D
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arkon

#85
June 22, 2012, 03:23:37 PM
black powder musket gatling gun
the plastic gods demand sacrifice

Weaver

#86
June 22, 2012, 04:36:09 PM
Quote from: arkon on June 22, 2012, 03:23:37 PM
black powder musket gatling gun

Muzzle-loading, of course.... :wacko:
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 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

Weaver

#87
June 22, 2012, 04:37:45 PM
Recoilless tank gun. That is, a standard recoilless rifle fitted in a standard tank mantlet, with the breech inside the turret.... :wacko:
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

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 - Indiana Jones

Mr.Creak

#88
June 22, 2012, 05:06:13 PM
Quote from: Weaver on June 22, 2012, 04:37:45 PM
Recoilless tank gun. That is, a standard recoilless rifle fitted in a standard tank mantlet, with the breech inside the turret.... :wacko:
Great idea!
Because that would mean it's NBC-"proof" since it generates its own internal overpressure. :lol:
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Joe C-P

#89
June 26, 2012, 07:24:12 PM
Remembered another one that was rumored.

A nuclear hand grenade.

No, really.
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