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RE: Women of WitP:AE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 1:25 pm
by Bif1961
Ladies you think this gun is big?
RE: Women of WitP:AE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 2:58 pm
by RangerJoe
Ladies you think this gun is big?
It is not the size, it is how you use it. While Lake Superior is not as large as the oceans, mariners think the the same size storms are more dangerous.
Also, that is an AA gun for relatively close in work and not shooting at targets far away. Why use a buffalo gun on a pigeon? That is, if you could hit a pigeon with a buffalo gun.
RE: Women of WitP:AE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:26 pm
by Canoerebel
I watched a bit of Flags of Our Fathers a few nights ago. The naval bombardment of Mount Surabachi caught my attention. I don't know smaller naval guns well, but it looked like they were firing pom-poms or other AA guns. Would they have done so? I can't imagine, but neither should I assume.
RE: Women of WitP:AE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 4:55 pm
by RangerJoe
They would use anything that they could. Even the landing craft had 40 mms that they would use.
RE: Women of WitP:AE
Posted: Thu Aug 09, 2018 7:29 pm
by Bif1961
Yes they would get close enough to use them against cave openings as they have a very flat trajectory.