How the USS New Jersey's 16-Inch Guns Work: Top to Bottom

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  @ForgottenWeapons · 2 months ago · pinned

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• MC

  @MCPTr10Cze · 2 months ago

  Ian is turning the channel to &apos;Forgotten Ships&apos;. Can&apos;t wait for the first disassembly

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• GA

  @galuple · 2 months ago

  “And if any of these 16” guns are of interest to you, you can find them in the upcoming auction at Morphy Auction…”

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• JO

  @josho5108 · 2 months ago

  Possibly the only posted &quot;No Smoking&quot; signs in the 1940s

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• FI

  @Fiodor0 · 2 months ago

  &quot;The disassembly is fairly easy, you pull this captive pin (the ship unfolds)&quot;

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• JO

  @johngollsneider1078 · 2 months ago

  The fact that they didn&apos;t call the shell hoist &quot;the shellevator&quot; disappoints me immeasurably

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• AR

  @archiescriven6178 · 2 months ago

  Ian: &quot;Disassembly requires a special disassembly tool&quot; [Proceeds to start Liebherr 2500ton crawler crane]

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• BR

  @Brokenyota6 · 2 months ago

  its hilarious to see Ian actually INSIDE a gun compared to the usual teardown, awesome vid.

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• JP

  @jpavlvs · 2 months ago

  I was an 18 year old Marine PFC artillery fire control man in Vietnam. &nbsp;My unit had gone to the beach to relax. &nbsp;At sea the New Jersey was standing in and fired. &nbsp;GODS. &nbsp;Right over our heads those rounds flew. &nbsp;After a second the concussion wave reached us. &nbsp; It was something. &nbsp;The rounds do indeed sound like a railroad train as they fly overhead.

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• JU

  @juggernaut7625 · 2 months ago

  As a fun factor, 2700 pounds of projectile weight converts to 18,900,000 grains.

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• JA

  @jamescarroll5720 · 2 months ago (edited)

  Well done. &nbsp;Couple of minor corrections/details: &nbsp;We never used the optical range finders for determining target distance, always the radar. &nbsp;They were just there for backup, and the radar we had was the same old radar from WW2. &nbsp;If you look at the back of Spot 1, you can actually see the radar waveguide coming into the turret. &nbsp;The teardrop structure over Spot 1 and 2 were the radar dishes. &nbsp;All we ever did with the optical systems of Spot 1 was fixing on landmarks during navigation. &nbsp;There were 100lb &quot;full charge&quot; powder bags, also 75lb &quot;reduced charge&quot;. &nbsp;The third trigger on the gyro was used when the guns were in a constant leveling mode. &nbsp;So it would fire instantly, but that was b/c the guns were constantly level in that mode. The center trigger was used when the guns were in fixed mode in super heavy sea conditions, but we never used it. &nbsp;The plotting computer was also a critical part used in fire support missions. &nbsp;It sat next to the Mk8 computer which is the one he shows in the video and was used to convert grid coordinates to a firing solution. &nbsp;One of the few &quot;modernizations&quot; of the fire control system were little velocity tracking radars (I assume, was never told what they actually were that I remember) which are the little domes you see at the root of the center gun on top of each turret. &nbsp;These tracked projectile speed on a Grid laptop we had down in plot. &nbsp;This corrected for powder variations. &nbsp;It&apos;s been a while, so I don&apos;t remember exactly, but I don&apos;t think the main battery system could fire the 5&quot; guns. &nbsp;We could control any turret with either plot room, but the 5&quot; guns required a different firing solution as they were there mainly for anti air. &nbsp;Well done on your detail and accuracy though, no really glaring errors, which is a solid achievement. &nbsp;Great to see the big guns getting attention.

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• 1R

  @1RandomToaster · 2 months ago

  I personally have a triple 16 as my carry gun because a .45 doesn’t have enough stopping power.

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