It is to-day the almost unanimous opinion of naval officers that one big ... battleships of mixed batteries of 6-inch, 7-inch, 8-inch, and 12-inch guns, such as are mounted on the “Georgia ...

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The legacy 4.5-inch Mk 8, commonly known in service as the ... The last time the Royal Navy wielded a main naval gun larger ...

The Mk 45 gun system combines the 5-inch, 62-caliber Mk 45 Mod 4A naval gun with a fully automated Ammunition Handling System (AHS). BAE Systems claimed the AHS could automatically reload the gun in ...

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She is well built, and very strong, and carries fifty 8-inch smooth ... the merit of our naval artillerists to find on board these Russian vessels the celebrated Dahlgren guns.

Around 1750, men stop carrying rapiers, and guns became the weapon of choice for a duel. Various guns were used, until a true dueling pistol was officially standardized in 1777, as "a 9 or 10 inch ...

An 8 inch tablet is useful for easy multitasking. These tablets are handy. They can be used for streaming, browsing, binge-watching, gaming, and much more. Given below are our handpicked options ...

While it was a great idea in theory, in practice the guns proved to be poorly made. The Krummlauf looks like a good idea, if only the physics from Elmer Fudd cartoons held true in real life.

The PC was widely fitted with either 5.25″ or 3.5″ disk drives, but other formats such as the older 8″ discs were not a fixture in the 16-bit desktop computing world. It’s something [Jozef ...

An all clear has been given at Norfolk Naval Shipyard after an initial report of an active shooter situation. WAVY's Andy Fox shared the latest update. Read more ...