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Guns! Guns! Guns! provides step-by-step instructions on how to design virtual firearms for any roleplaying game system. [1] Some of the parameters covered are damage value, projectile velocity, range limit, and barrel length. [2] The book provides conversions of this data for eight different RPG systems, including GURPS and Torg. [2]
HMS Torrent was a Royal Navy R-class destroyer constructed and then operational in the First World War. She was sunk, with most of her crew in 1917. She was sunk, with most of her crew in 1917. On 23 December 1917 Surprise , HMS Torrent , and Tornado sank after entering an Imperial German minefield.
The large-caliber guns were designed to fire either an armor-piercing round for anti-ship and anti-structure work, and a high-explosive round for use against unarmored targets and shore bombardment. The North Carolina and South Dakota classes could also fire the 2,700-pound Mark 8 shell with the 16"/45 caliber Mark 6 gun , although with a ...
HMS Beagle Survey Ship Extraordinary, 1820–1870: Karl Heinz Marquardt 1997 ISBN 0851777031: The Cruiser Belfast: Ross Watton 1985 (Reprinted 2003) ISBN 0851779565: The 74-Gun Ship Bellona: Brian Lavery 1985 (Reprinted 2003) ISBN 0851773680: The Schooner Bertha L. Downs: Basil Greenhill, Sam Manning 1995 ISBN 0851776159: The 20-Gun Ship Blandford
The list of naval weapon systems aims to provide reference about weapons mounted on surface combatant warships, and smaller craft and submarines found throughout the history of naval warfare.
View of Rochefort harbour, by Joseph Vernet, showing a 74-gun and a 64-gun moored side by side. The 64-gun ship of the line was a type of two-decker warship defined during the 18th century, named after the number of their guns. 64-guns had a lower battery of 24-pounders and an upper battery of 12-pounders. Heavier variants with 18-pounders on ...
Steven Spielberg participated in a master class at the Time 100 Summit and announced he regrets editing guns out of “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.” The film’s 1982 theatrical cut includes a ...
Ian Vernon Hogg (1 January 1926 – 7 March 2002) was a British author of books on firearms, artillery, ammunition, and fortification, as well as biographies of several famous general officers. During his career he wrote, co-wrote, edited, or co-edited about 150 books and sold well over 1 million copies.