Thread: How to add deck guns to IIA
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Old 07-05-06, 12:18 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by Kruger
Battleship turret ? ....wouldn't that make a sub flip over ? I think it weighed half of the sub's weight
Actually it's more like twice the sub's weight. Bismarck's turrets weighed around 1500 tons each, and an Iowa class turret was load-rated at 4 million pounds; that 2000 tons.

If the sub didn't flip over it would sink to the bottom upright very quickly.
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