I think the nuclear missiles made up for the 5" guns.
------------------------------ On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 7:09 AM CDT Kurt Feltenberger wrote: >On 4/17/2013 12:25 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> OK, math whizzes--> heli-battleship concept-- 16inch guns as on Iowa-Class >> WWII era battleships. Does a broadside (9 guns) recoil crash the ship? >> > >Most likely, yes. It would probably cause the ship to either roll or severely >stress the hull where the turret barbettes support the gun mount. All in all, >not a "good thing". Though it probably makes as much sense as the 5" naval >gun armed Orion battleship once proposed. > >-- Kurt Feltenberger >[email protected]/[email protected] >“Before today, I was scared to live, after today, I'm scared I'm not living >enough." - Me >_______________________________________________ >GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> >http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
