tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post1993492687292997955..comments2024-03-08T11:20:30.095-07:00Comments on Credit Bubble Stocks: Continental Land Power vs Sea PowerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-10682790753597042712016-01-05T09:51:39.044-07:002016-01-05T09:51:39.044-07:00Right, but the barrel of a 155 fits on a truck and...Right, but the barrel of a 155 fits on a truck and doesn't require as much steel as several submarines.ACVnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-47712289524099064262016-01-04T22:56:15.657-07:002016-01-04T22:56:15.657-07:00A couple hundred rounds is pretty good service for...A couple hundred rounds is pretty good service for our aging 155s and 8 inch howitzer tubes firing at full charge. With barrels locked and loaded full charge for tactical nuclear, the 8 inch barrel wears out on the first and only round. 13E20, C94th Artillery Berlin 1970.High Plateau Drifternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1527840491496268397.post-41484409369513974612016-01-04T12:14:36.145-07:002016-01-04T12:14:36.145-07:00The Schwerer Gustav was an unmitigated military fa...The Schwerer Gustav was an unmitigated military failure. It could not traverse more than a few degrees, it required hundreds of men to operate, it required an obscene amount of resources to build, and the barrel wore out after only a couple hundred rounds.ACVnoreply@blogger.com