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Nisgeis · 03-25-09, 04:57 PM

That's mental! I'd never have guessed at that arrangement.

The 3"/50 is called that because it's a way of describing the barrel length relative to the shell they fire. The second number multiplied by the shell size is the length of the barrel, so a 3"/50 is 3" x 50 = 150" long and a 4"/50 if 200" long and a 5"/25 is 125" long. You can see at a glance the relative lengths.

03-25-09, 04:57 PM	#7
Nisgeis Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,909 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 11	That's mental! I'd never have guessed at that arrangement. The 3"/50 is called that because it's a way of describing the barrel length relative to the shell they fire. The second number multiplied by the shell size is the length of the barrel, so a 3"/50 is 3" x 50 = 150" long and a 4"/50 if 200" long and a 5"/25 is 125" long. You can see at a glance the relative lengths. __________________ -------------------------------- This space left intentionally blank.