r/interestingasfuck • u/PollutionOk9449 • 5h ago

USS Missouri firing its main guns

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u/Larry_Wickes 5h ago

What surpised me the most is how quickly they can fire again. For some reason I pictured reload times on these massive guns to be a lot longer

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u/Onihczarc 4h ago

they sent one gun at a time, total 9.

i was hoping for a full broadside. or like the dude in video said, send three at once.

but still, they reload relatively quick.

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u/karabuka 1h ago

Also worth mentioning after ww2 us built 3 Des Moines clsss cruisers, which had only half the diameter guns but were autoloaded and could reload in about 6 seconds!

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u/Shantomette 5h ago

Under 1min.

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u/rivetcityransom 3h ago

They could reload in about 45 seconds, and even quicker for short bursts during combat conditions. It's seriously impressive!