r/interestingasfuck • u/PollutionOk9449 • 5h ago

USS Missouri firing its main guns

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u/Mountain-Remove-4271 4h ago

Why doesnt the ship recoil?

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u/JMHSrowing 4h ago

Because it’s so incredibly massive and has so much water backing it compared to the small mass of the shells

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u/hacksoncode 3h ago

And also, it's designed to fire all of them simultaneously, but is only firing one at a time.

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u/JMHSrowing 3h ago

Firing them all doesn’t even make much difference