USS Wisconsin firing 16IN guns!

USS Wisconsin gunfire

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[Snipe4261]

Why do the guns flop around after firing?

[PrivateMat]

@Snipe4261 It flops around because of the force of the gun when fired.

[dennilfloss]

I posted that video too. It really brings the power of a battleship broadside to light. :)

[PrivateMat]

Dam right! :)

[Contrajoe]

@irishmanO1 I think the Montana's would have been even badder.

[irishmanO1]

even though the YAMATO class had 18'' guns the IOWA class is the baddest of the baddest.

awesome video.

[NightmareKato]

@geeknproud2110 Actually. It's lobbing over 16.2 tons of high explosive in a regular salvo. 1.8 tons per shell.

[Fatstratmatt96]

@Snipe4261 the guns are lowered so that they may be reloaded.

[Kytherei]

Snipe, I don't know. I was on the wisconsin bit that was a life age of the earth ago. I know they blue them out wirh compressed air to dios the barrel of unburned powder after each shot, and they would have to return the elevation to a level where they can reload, but as to why they moved them this particular way in this particular video, I don't know except to say it's deliberate. And I have seen these things fire hundreds of times. I know the innards of the turrets, but I don't know the fc.

[Snipe4261]

@Kytherei My question remains unanswered. Why are the guns moving that way?

[Kytherei]

@Snipe4261 They are not flopping, they are too big and solid to "flop". Those are deliberate motions, notice there is none of that elevating until after the last shot of each salvo.

[mohiahmed1]

I live in wisconsin O_o

[F15pilots]

@eddieg1979 I been on board her as a museum many times now, the thing is that the Wisconsin is 67 years old, and all of the Iowa class have localized cracks in the armor, which means these ships would need a long time in dry dock before they would be in battle ready condition. As far as I know, the ships are taken care of to a degree, that should they ever be needed in the future, it would be possible to restore them to battle-ready conditions.

[Snipe4261]

@geeknproud2110 I not asking about the recoil, its obvious why they recoil. I'm asking if anyone knows why they gun "flops" vertically after firing.

[CrazyMonkey875]

you know that the USS Wisconsin has only been hit once and it blew a 4 foot hole in top deck. the captain got so pissed that he ordered all 16 inch guns on this boat. they fired all nine guns..... well lets just say it took out the boat and half the mountain with it! I GOT TO GET ON THE SHIP AND GOT TO GO THERE 3 WEEKS AGO! IT WAS AMAZING!

[leadeddown]

@bobbycv64 as am i lol it took me a good minute to figure it out when we went over small arm...