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Considering how relations between NATO/AEGIS and FAR-AEGIS have improved such a deployment would be a signal that those relations would have taken a turn for the worse.
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Originally posted by Desertfox
Right now I would have absolutely no way of doing so. Plus the Gulf/Carribbean is no place for a battleship. Sending large expensive units such as this one into the Gulf would only be done as an act of desperation.
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Originally posted by Desertfox
A decent ship but too small for my needs. It is just the equal of a Villar and can not stand up to La Luna or any of the Peruvian BBs. My design with 16" superheavy shells at least stands the chance of inflicting serious damage on a Mercury.
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
The US isn't making any superheavy 16" shells, as the only 16" guns are old ones that can't use them. Need to up the shell weight in SS as well to reflect the heavier shell, even with the 2240lb one.
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Originally posted by ShinRa_Inc
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Originally posted by Red Admiral
The US isn't making any superheavy 16" shells, as the only 16" guns are old ones that can't use them. Need to up the shell weight in SS as well to reflect the heavier shell, even with the 2240lb one.
Actually, the spring report for the Tennessee modernizations imply they're being armed with new manufacture guns (they're listed as 1936 model), but they aren't equipped with the super heavy shell. The way the various sim rules work out, it'd cost the US just as much to make new guns as it would be to equip the old ones, which is probably why that's happened that way, plus the fact that there wouldn't be enough guns in storage for all 6 ships (Tennessee and California were not planned for 16" originally) unless they tried equipping the 16"/50 meant for the South Dakotas instead of the 16"/45 originally intended.
Regardless, I see no reason to assume the US hasn't investigated the usual range of weapons and shells just because no ships are currently using them; A cursory search of Navweaps shows a great deal of weapons that were produced but not shipped anywhere. Furthermore, while the US has forgone 16" on it's new build ships, the US does occasionally take foreign contracts, and would keep options open (Chile has the Admiral Gideon, and Mexico has ordered several US built ships in addition to this proposal)
In short, just because no mention has been made of testing or using a super-heavy shell in the US (yet), I'd be very wary of discounting the possibility they've been considered or tested; it's really Hrolf's decision either way.
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Originally posted by Desertfox
Hmm... Don't really like the superstructure, a Penascola/Cruiser style was what I was looking at. Kind of like an overgrown Villa.
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Originally posted by exigeant
have to agree regarding the appearance, and if the funnels indicate where the boiler rooms are then where are the turbines and gears placed? it looks a bit 'chopped off' to me
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