SSTF@lemmy.world to pics@lemmy.world · 2 days ago[OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolinalemmy.worldimagemessage-square64fedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down111
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minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-22 days agoFor guns of this type 16 inches is the diameter of the barrel of the gun, measured from the lands. The shell bodies are 16 inches, with the brass rings around them slightly wider to account for the grooves in the rifling.
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoThose look so much bigger than 16" oh my lord
minus-squareGormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWell you know what they say, the camera adds 10 lbs.
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 days agoYeah, I was reading this thread thinking that 16” was the diameter of the bore of the gun barrel. Thanks for posting that!
minus-squareSSTF@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoI don’t mean to confuse you, but yes it is the diameter of the bore. I specified from the lands since measuring land to land, or groove to groove diameter can result in different sizes.
minus-squared00phy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoYou didn’t. I was thinking the earlier conversation was missing how the diameter was measured.
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For guns of this type 16 inches is the diameter of the barrel of the gun, measured from the lands.
The shell bodies are 16 inches, with the brass rings around them slightly wider to account for the grooves in the rifling.
Those look so much bigger than 16" oh my lord
Well you know what they say, the camera adds 10 lbs.
Yeah, I was reading this thread thinking that 16” was the diameter of the bore of the gun barrel. Thanks for posting that!
I don’t mean to confuse you, but yes it is the diameter of the bore. I specified from the lands since measuring land to land, or groove to groove diameter can result in different sizes.
You didn’t. I was thinking the earlier conversation was missing how the diameter was measured.