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Old 12-12-2005, 16:48 PM   #154 (permalink)
B.Smitty
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Originally Posted by Defcon 6
But then again those 16" turrets are also world war 2 design. if we had a modern system it would be simply amazing.
Not necessarily.

16" rounds are still 16" rounds. They occupy the same space, perhaps a bit more if they're fancy scramjet rounds. Instead of men, you'll have more machinery performing autoloading tasks.

In any event, a modern triple mount won't use much (if any) less deckspace than its WW2 counterpart, and thus will still be less space efficient than a VLS.

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