Can the 20 round magazine be loaded from the Ammunition stores while the gun is being fired?

It’s my friends birthday in February and she really likes battleships but I know almost nothing about them. Apologies if this is the wrong sub, but do you have any gift ideas I could sort out within a month or so? I know she likes the idea of model battleships but I don’t know where to start there either haha

I am thinking the Iowa-class battleships had MK-144 cluster shells did they use them in combat. I believe I heard something about them back in 1991

Hey guys! I saw this picture while browsing in an antique shop today. I’m guessing it was taken on a US standard battleship, but couldn’t find any information in the photo or on the back of the frame. Would you guys be able to help me identify the ship in this photo? Thank you!

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can somebody tell me what this soviet aircraft carrier?

I get confused between the Monarch and the Lion Class and for how big you the G3 ships were before 2WW. And critic or help to add stuff to present information would be appreciated.

I understand how accurate these shells are, but does anyone know what the kill radius is?

A saw a post recently on here of naming the Scharhorst front turrets Anton and Bruno but I know Bruno was also Bismarck's turret? (Thanks to Tamiya 1/72 model of it) then thinking about it I don't ever hear anything about British or American dreadnoughts/super dreadnaughts turrets being named?

Alpino frigate italian navy

Got this beautiful of tirpitz from COBI for Christmas, but I am confused on what these 4 pegs are on the stern side. Does anybody know?

Ive read the essex class range was 20,000nmi at 15 knots with ww2 fitting .This seems to be unqiue as other carrier class like illustrious is 10,000nmi at 10knots, implacable being 12,000nmi. Is this right cause even today uss wasp lhd is only 9500 nmi at 18knots

The German Navy will be sorely lacking in capable surface combatants in the near future and the new F126/F127s won't be built and ready until the 2030s, as well as being very, very expensive. France/Italy and South Korea both have capable platforms already in production. (FREMMs and Horizons as an example) Germany has already worked with Italy and SK by exporting its submarines. Why is that option not being considered?

Germany, whose naval shipbuilding industry is export oriented, has plenty of exprience working with other nations. So why not go off-the-shelf with another NATO partner or South Korea and procure some modern, existing designs? They could be partially produced overseas as well as domestically and use German technology in some areas if preferred.

You could also use the gained time to design domestic platforms that are more time-adequate than atleast the f126s.

What are the classifications of warships? Like I heard Iowa class etc but what are the differences between them?

Hi guys. I have long been interested in military history (decades), but have only recently developed the space to be interested in model building. However, I’m having difficulty tracing specific models and was wondering if anyone here has experience in this?

I appreciate that this is NOT a model-building sub, so if you could guide me to the correct sub either, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I don’t know if you aren’t supposed to, but I crawled in front of the range finder on USS Alabama’s Turret 1, port side. Pretty tight fit lol. They had no signs saying I couldn’t, and I didn’t break anything

USS Alabama, BB-60

Looks like 3 subs front and 2 surface ships on the right. This photo was taken July 14th 2017 on a cruise. Taken around 10:00 PM at about 60°07'13"N 29°07'32"E Just wondering if there’s a website or someone who documents surface groups worldwide.

I was building a model of the ship and had to attach them to the side of the hull. Little confused as to their exact purpose. I tried to highlight it a bit sorry for the quality in advance. Thank you for any info!