During the course of an email conversation about naval guns a friend sent me this photograph of three 16" guns being fired simultaneously from a US Iowa class battleship.
Totally Awesome !!!
As can be seen, the forward guns are slightly out of sync`.
Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
Again a good one.
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
I got this in the email before and a few others. I found this on google.
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
Hi Sharief,
Those are very interesting photos.
Would you know the medium through which the bullet and pellet were shot through in the last pic?
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Those are very interesting photos.
Would you know the medium through which the bullet and pellet were shot through in the last pic?
Mack The Knife
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Rusty, I have a Guns and Ammo that has a pic of a Glock 22C I think it is, that is similar. I googled for this term "schlieren photography", I'm sure you can read more online.
Here's Wiki for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieren_photography
One more :
found here : http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/www/schlieren.html
Here's Wiki for you:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieren_photography
One more :
found here : http://web.mit.edu/Edgerton/www/schlieren.html
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
No shockwave penpusher but a heck of a cloud of smoke - what is that, a human cannonball or something ?
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
One of the three Paris siege guns, WWI.
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
- And I thought it was a human cannonball gun ! 
I know that up to Medieval times rotting animals used to be catapulted into besieged towns/cities/castles but I suspect that practice had ceased by WWI !
I know that up to Medieval times rotting animals used to be catapulted into besieged towns/cities/castles but I suspect that practice had ceased by WWI !
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
No shock wave but would have a hell of a muzzle blast.
HARP 16"
HARP 16"
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Re: Now that`s what I call Muzzle Blast !!!
A project killed by Canadian politics and American inter-service rivalry.
The 16" HARP gun was the same type of naval gun shown on the battleship above. The barrels were progressively lengthened to increase velocity however. The photograph must have been taken at the initial Barbados test facility.
In 1966 the HARP/Martlet combination achieved an altitude of 180km from a firing at the Yuma, Arizona launch facility - still the world altitude record for a gun launched projectile.
A very simple, very clever idea which had far more potential than that realised.
The 16" HARP gun was the same type of naval gun shown on the battleship above. The barrels were progressively lengthened to increase velocity however. The photograph must have been taken at the initial Barbados test facility.
In 1966 the HARP/Martlet combination achieved an altitude of 180km from a firing at the Yuma, Arizona launch facility - still the world altitude record for a gun launched projectile.
A very simple, very clever idea which had far more potential than that realised.