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Old 03-31-19, 06:32 AM   #15
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Ah yes, I forgot! While coastal artillery is actually usually built-in, often bunkered with limited field of fire we have here 360 ° mortars and these, of course, with so-called indirect fire-control-radar or possibly satellite-based? [To get the f-c-r running, take a balloon pulling up an old steel plate; because of the reflection and so on .......]

The other is a problem of dangerousness. Because of the limited negative elevation on battleships, these are likely to be safe near the shore 'cause no threat (), while an approaching submarine is particularly highly dangerous to near-shore infantry & Co.: (see 2:35 ...)






It reminds me that I need to see the movie again; Already for radio operator Hornsby ...
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