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Originally Posted by GoldenRivet
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Originally Posted by Sailor Steve
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even a destroyer - in real life - was obliterated by 50 caliber machine gun fire from a Tuskegee squadran P-47 when rounds penetrated the steel deck and ignited the ammo bunker within the ship causing it to explode violently.
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I might be misremembering here, but the chances of a .50 caliber round causing a five-inch powder charge, which is in a brass cartridge, to explode is minimal. I think they actually penetrated the boilers, with much the same effect. |
could have been, it was one or the other, i myself dont remember the exact cause of the detonation but i know the catalyst was a 50 cal round  |
Oh yeah!
I recall reading that way back in the American Civil War one of the chief losses of river gunboats was a boiler hit. Everyone ended up abandoning ship.
Even if a WW2 destroyer doesn't sink, a high-pressure boiler filled with holes is not going to make for a happy crew.