Do Battleships move sideways when they fire?

[I-25]

Originally Posted by Heibges

Is it true if they fired all 9 guns simultaneously, that the ship would flip over?

if this were true i think the japanese Yamato with its 18.1" guns would do a 360 :rotfl:

[Yahoshua]

That'd be an interesting ride....... I'm sure they'd probably do it nowadays just for the fun of it during routine trials if that were the case.

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

That'd be an interesting ride....... I'm sure they'd probably do it nowadays just for the fun of it during routine trials if that were the case.

This has already been .

[Yahoshua]

The .577 T-Rex is NOTHING compared to the .700 Nitro Express.

http://airbornecombatengineer.typepa..._introduc.html

From what I understand, these are Safari cartridges, but anything bigger than a .700 Nitro and I'd expect you to be hunting tanks!!

Ever fired a 4 gauge shotgun? I can barely handle a 3" 12 ga. for more than 50 shells, I don't think I have the heart to try that with a 4 ga.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/547250...ng_test_fired/

A bit of info on shotgun gauges. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shotgun#Gauge

Say AL, you've been through Basic training haven't you?

[The Avon Lady]

Originally Posted by Yahoshua

Say AL, you've been through Basic training haven't you?

No. Most Jewish religiously observant women, like myself, do not do military duty.

[kiwi_2005]

Hey im on Broadband people! W00t! You Tube here i come any good links anyone? Been watching the Ninja guy vids on U tube, running round the cities doing his ninja thing scaring ppl, hilarious! :rotfl:

Sorry, hijacket thread back to topic. Battleships move forward and backwards only. :p

[jumpy]

^^

http://www.askaninja.com/

alternatively look for 'ask a ninja' on you tube one of the best things I have seen on you tube... ever... apart from that cool slow-mo bullet-hitting-stuff filim thing.
With your new found bandwith I'd recommend watching all of the episodes with the ninja.

[NEON DEON]

The BB 61 firing a broadside showing lateral movement.




Looks like more that 1 mm to me.

[Letum]

Tilt shift = Tiny battleship!


On a more serious note, I don't see any movement, just shock waves and foam from the blast.

[NEON DEON]

The bow wake.

plus the white caps to the port of the ship located behind turret 1 and 2.

[joea]

Originally Posted by NEON DEON

The bow wake.

plus the white caps to the port of the ship located behind turret 1 and 2.

Man you didn't read a single other post here...nor the navweapons link...how the heck could a BB have such movement as you imply and still fire accurately?

[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by joea

Man you didn't read a single other post here...nor the navweapons link...how the heck could a BB have such movement as you imply and still fire accurately?

Yes I did the pictures too.

Look at the picture again.

The ship also shows the deck tilted. The wake from the rear of the ship shows nothing of the front because twice the firepower projects from the bow portion of the ship causing the ship to be projectected back and the bow to swing to the port. Also of note is the far smaller width of the bow section as opposed to the stern section of the ship.

Look and the very first bow track (the small one) it shows it. I am not talking the blast ripples.

[Deamon]

Originally Posted by JSLTIGER

::sigh:: Why did we decommission them again?

Because the navy ren out of earplugs

[Sailor Steve]

Dozens of available pictures and only one like that? I'm betting it's faked.

[TteFAboB]

Is that a miniature with alot of photoshop?