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Soldiers in WW1 unloading 15-inch shells (also, a dog)

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Soldiers in WW1 unloading 15-inch shells (also, a dog)

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HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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15 inch shells?

I don’t doubt that, but the Iowa class fired 16" shells, and I had no knowledge how fucking. huge they were.
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  Also, these are without propellant, just the shell itself.
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