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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Also, these are without propellant, just the shell itself.