Hello everyone, has someone started a drawing of the Gato boat USS Drum? If not I am almost finished with my version depicting how she would have looked during her 14th war patrol. For details, I am Lucky enough to live close to were she rests, USS Alabama Memorial Park.
As for the 12 foot openings, I do believe you are mocking the 15 inch gun designs found on HMS Vanguard, they had a similar design and that "hole" was protected by slot armor directly attached to the chassis of the cannon.
Ok, that made no sense whatsoever in that the gun will be elevating in the opposite direction of the turret roof. That "Thing" that you are referring to is the hydraulic recoil system that dampens the recoil in order to prevent damage to the ship if it were to simply shoot back. As for the magazine,...
Which "gun" are you referring to and how did you come up with "2 degrees of elevation." The cannons have approximately 55 degrees of elevation based of of this principle, ROOF SLOT ELEVATION SPACE!
The standard export version of the goalkeeper 1 can be augmented to fix in "box" type emplacements to save space on ship, similar to versions of PHALANX. The only components on the individual system that need under space include ammunition and mechanical equipment. In this design all CWIS control is...
Hahahahaha , I understand what you mean! The design is based off of both Iowa and Kirov designs. The empty space is due to the fact that I am still designing the superstructure and have not placed them. But thank you for labeling it as bicurious.
Right, what I'm trying to get at us if anyone has ever made a battleship design for modern use (as in 21st century and purely what if) then please post.
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, I understand what you mean! The design is based off of both Iowa and Kirov designs. The empty space is due to the fact that I am still designing the superstructure and have not placed them. But thank you for labeling it as bicurious.