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Iowa class Battleships #16539433 10/18/21
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country Teal OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country	I’m sure a lot of you have seen his reviews. Always make me chuckle - especially his hatred for metric but this one made me laugh. Someone in the comments calls the Phalanx CIWS an “R2D2 with a murder boner” and coffee bout ruined my iPad. Me

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Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539476 10/18/21
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Cass County, Missouri H htredneck Campfire Regular
htredneck Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Cass County, Missouri	I'm a member of the recommissioning crew and plank-owner of the New Jersey and earned my surface warfare pin on her so yeah, I had to watch this. It's pretty entertaining and he had some pretty good comments. If it has whipped cream and chocolate drizzles on it, it’s dessert. Grow up and get a coffee damnit

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539492 10/18/21
Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,112 Siskiyou Co.,Jefferson State F flintlocke Campfire Outfitter
flintlocke Campfire Outfitter F Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 9,112 Siskiyou Co.,Jefferson State	"Range 24 miles, not meters, not Commie miles, real miles" Love it. Well this is a fine pickle we're in, should'a listened to Joe McCarthy and George Orwell I guess.

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539520 10/18/21
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition O OldHat Campfire Tracker
OldHat Campfire Tracker O Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition	Originally Posted by Teal Someone in the comments calls the Phalanx CIWS an “R2D2 with a murder boner” and coffee bout ruined my iPad. Don't these have a terrible maintenance burden and can be overwhelmed in a modern missile exchange? Don't the Russian ship counterparts have larger missile counts. The old naval tactics don't interest me much. History is interesting but from a warfare standpoint I often wonder how things will really play out in an over the horizon all out missile battle.

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539524 10/18/21
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country Teal OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country	The Lord’s flannel…. Me

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Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539553 10/18/21
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition O OldHat Campfire Tracker
OldHat Campfire Tracker O Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition	This guys talks about the fundamental doctrine difference between Russia and the US when it comes to naval weapons system load outs on ships. Kind of interesting.

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539563 10/18/21
Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado huntsman22 Campfire Ranger
huntsman22 Campfire Ranger Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 22,911 Kiowa/Deer Trail, Colorado	My pap served on the Iowa during Korea..... showimg off the big guns...

Re: Iowa class Battleships OldHat #16539583 10/18/21
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 479 Accomack Co. VA DaveDaDeerslayer Campfire Member
DaveDaDeerslayer Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 479 Accomack Co. VA	Oldhat, I was a MK15 Phalanx Sailor for 22 years and then did 14 more years working on it as a contractor. CIWS is pretty damn effective, which is why the land based variant CRAM ( counter rocket, artillery, mortar) was used in the green zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shot down lots of RPG's and mortars. Maybe as importantly when it detected an incoming it blared a base wide alarm to give you a few seconds to find cover. Any weapon system can be overwhelmed given circumstances. FCC(SW) Ret. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here. Captain John Parker, commander of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts, on sighting British Troops (attributed), April 19, 1775

Re: Iowa class Battleships DaveDaDeerslayer #16539604 10/18/21
Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Cass County, Missouri H htredneck Campfire Regular
htredneck Campfire Regular H Joined: Dec 2010 Posts: 1,684 Cass County, Missouri	Originally Posted by DaveDaDeerslayer Oldhat, I was a MK15 Phalanx Sailor for 22 years and then did 14 more years working on it as a contractor. FCC(SW) Ret. I was in the third class ever held for CIWS in San Diego. The first two were for the instructors. FC1(SW) Ret If it has whipped cream and chocolate drizzles on it, it’s dessert. Grow up and get a coffee damnit

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539614 10/18/21
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UPhiker Campfire Tracker U Joined: Feb 2011 Posts: 5,856 Michigan	The USS New Jersey has a YouTube channel. The curator who is the host isn't very polished in his delivery, but gives out a lot of good information. Go to YouTube and search "Battleship New Jersey".

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Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16539669 10/18/21
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12344mag Campfire Kahuna Joined: Oct 2011 Posts: 59,055 Next to the dump that Del Shan...	A history teacher like that would get schit done. Paul "I'd rather see a sermon than hear a sermon".... D.A.D. Trump Won!, Sandmann Won!, Rittenhouse Won!, Suck it Liberal Fuuktards. molɔ̀ːn labé skýla

Re: Iowa class Battleships DaveDaDeerslayer #16539794 10/18/21
Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition O OldHat Campfire Tracker
OldHat Campfire Tracker O Joined: May 2014 Posts: 5,817 The State of Transition	Originally Posted by DaveDaDeerslayer Oldhat, I was a MK15 Phalanx Sailor for 22 years and then did 14 more years working on it as a contractor. CIWS is pretty damn effective, which is why the land based variant CRAM ( counter rocket, artillery, mortar) was used in the green zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. Shot down lots of RPG's and mortars. Maybe as importantly when it detected an incoming it blared a base wide alarm to give you a few seconds to find cover. Any weapon system can be overwhelmed given circumstances. FCC(SW) Ret. That's interesting. Thanks. I have no doubt the phalanx is highly effective given the right circumstances.

Re: Iowa class Battleships htredneck #16540140 10/18/21
Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 479 Accomack Co. VA DaveDaDeerslayer Campfire Member
DaveDaDeerslayer Campfire Member Joined: Apr 2006 Posts: 479 Accomack Co. VA	I went to CIWS C school in Feb 83, USS Reeves CG-24 out of Yokasuka in Oct 83. Good times, playing with the commies in the south china sea. Don't fire unless fired upon. But if they want a war let it begin here. Captain John Parker, commander of the militiamen at Lexington, Massachusetts, on sighting British Troops (attributed), April 19, 1775

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540217 10/18/21
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Rock Chuck Campfire Kahuna Joined: Jan 2006 Posts: 69,325 Filer, ID	Originally Posted by Teal The Lord’s flannel…. I read that one of the Seabee's standard weapons is the Tommy gun. Is that true? I've never heard of that before. Are they even made now? I thought they went out with the end of WWII. It was on the web, though, so it MUST be true. “In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell It's not over when you lose. It's over when you quit.

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540244 10/18/21
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Craigster Campfire Tracker C Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,760 humboldt	I remember hearing the shells flying over head and hearing the rumble of their impact in the far distance. Almost felt sorry for the Gooks. Semper Fi Old Corps Semper Fi Get off my lawn. FJB

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540383 10/18/21
Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,180 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn... ironbender Campfire Oracle
ironbender Campfire Oracle Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 86,180 In the shadow of the Kenai Mtn...	Originally Posted by Teal The Lord’s flannel…. Thanks, Andrew. I literally LOL’d watching that. So many one liners. If you take the time it takes, it takes less time. --Pat Parelli American by birth; Alaskan by choice. --ironbender

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540570 10/18/21
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Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540574 10/18/21
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GRIZZ Campfire Tracker Joined: Feb 2010 Posts: 3,966	Got a tour of the New Jersey as a kid...Bad Mo Fo Coyotes shot no waiting.

Re: Iowa class Battleships ironbender #16540638 10/18/21
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country Teal OP Campfire 'Bwana
OP Teal Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 39,003 Flyover Country	Originally Posted by ironbender Originally Posted by Teal The Lord’s flannel…. Thanks, Andrew. I literally LOL’d watching that. So many one liners. All his vids are like that. Me

Re: Iowa class Battleships Teal #16540651 10/18/21
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Osky Campfire Tracker O Joined: Dec 2019 Posts: 3,723	My father served aboard the New Jersey. Never spoke much about it, not many of that period did. Osky A woman's heart is the hardest rock the Almighty has put on this earth and I can find no sign on it.

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