The Last Battleship Designs - The Good, the Bad and the Mad!
946K views · Mar 27, 2024 · Education
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@Drachinifel · 2 years ago · pinned
Pinned post for Q&A :)
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@PalleRasmussen · 2 years ago
"Which was more to make the designers look too busy to be sent to the Eastern Front" made me chuckle.
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@rpick7546 · 2 years ago
'And the entire rear gunner had to be left behind.' Which was far preferable to only leaving behind half the rear gunner.
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@paulhubsch5111 · 2 years ago
It's a miracle nobody considered reducing earth's gravity to save weight.
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@BrianCRocNY · 2 years ago
Somewhere there’s a retired attack aircraft pilot and a retired submariner, raising a glass and each wiping away a single tear at all those targets that were never built.
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@SonOfAB_tch2ndClass · 2 years ago
America’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE <b>BOOM!</b><br>Britain’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE <b>ARMOR!</b><br>Russia’s Last Battleship Designs: MORE <b>PAPER!</b>
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@Big_E_Soul_Fragment · 2 years ago
"rocket-assisted Tallboys"<br>the WHAT
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@deeznoots6241 · 2 years ago
Battleships only became obsolete because cowards were unwilling to use nuclear shells
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@lessonslearned2569 · 2 years ago (edited)
Me expecting typical British understatement. <br><br>Drachinifel, "Sarcasm, oh yes. Understatement? Not today."
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@jaredthehawk3870 · 2 years ago
I think we've set a new record for Drachisms in a single video.
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@zstewart · 2 years ago
"19 inch belt armor and capable of 35 knots"<br>Man I wish the Iowas were the ship the soviets thought they were.
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@The_ZeroLine · 2 years ago (edited)
I’ve noticed a theme among the worst of the worst classes & vessels. They tend to start with K: <i>the K-Class, the USS Katahdin and the glorious Kamchatka</i>
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