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Good thought. Radar ranging should allow precise fuse timing, and time fuses have been developed for small grenades.

With prox fuses and good fire control, they should be effective against medium drones. PLUS, the smaller caliber allows more ammo to be carried.

From what I can tell, the simplifying of the loading mechanism. In the current guns, a hinged tray is used that swings down to pick up a round and brings it up under the gun, rather than a system that presents a round to the breech from behind the gun. This limits the system's elevation.

It makes me think of the Corsairs used in 'Black Sheep Squadron'. The planes only had national markings so that film could be reversed to minimize the expense of actual aerial filming.

Never too many.

Once upon a time, Canadian aerospace was really innovative.

Yep. When those old BBs were updated, it was pre-determined they would never go through the Panama Canal again, so there was no beam limitation and bulges could be made as large as needed.

It's amazing how they shoehorned those 5"/38s in. I understand that extra torpedo protection allowed her to carry the weight.

HA! Well done, Nick!!

For rmgill...with all the mods, I wasn't sure at first if it really was an FS2000. It just doesn't look fishy enough.

That's a really nice photo!

And they say landing on a carrier is tough...

'Undefinitized'? What in the name of McNamara is that???

That or trigger uncontrollable rage, giving the Poles a chance to finally settle the score. The unofficial nickname would probably be 'Lech'

Back in the '90s, the distributor I worked for got in a bunch of redundant Canadian Inglis Hi-Powers; they even had word maple leaf decals on the front strap. Sadly, I let them get away. My Argie clone is great, but just doesn't have the history. IF they escape the smelter, the last batch of HPs will likely get snapped up by collectors for ridiculous prices.