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2. Tennessee-class cruiser - Wikipedia

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   Similar bulkheads fitted on the gun deck in wake of the 10-inch barbettes form the fore and aft limits of the side armor between the main and gun decks. Above the gun deck, 2-inch (51 mm) nickel steel was fitted in wake of the 3-inch battery. The 6-inch guns on the gun deck were isolated by splinter bulkheads of 1.5-inch (38 mm) nickel steel.

3. Armour-piercing, capped, ballistic capped shell - Wikipedia

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   However, it was found that steel shot tended to shatter on impact at velocities greater than 823 m/s (2700 feet/second). [4] To counter this, a cap of softer metal was attached to the tip of an AP (solid) round. The cap transferred energy from the tip of the shell to the sides of the projectile, thereby helping to reduce shattering.

4. Rifled breech loader - Wikipedia

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   The gun fired a solid steel bullet with hardened tip and brass jacket. It was superseded for anti-torpedo boat defence in the mid-1880s by the new generation of Hotchkiss and Nordenfelt " QF " guns of 47-mm and 57-mm calibre firing exploding " common pointed " shells weighing 3–6 lb (1.4–2.7 kg).

5. Armour-piercing ammunition - Wikipedia

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   Armour-piercing ammunition (AP) is a type of projectile designed to penetrate armour protection, most often including naval armour, body armour, and vehicle armour. [1]The first, major application of armour-piercing projectiles was to defeat the thick armour carried on many warships and cause damage to their lightly armoured interiors.

6. Glossary of British ordnance terms - Wikipedia

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   With the post-WWI progress in metallurgy, Britain abandoned wire-wound construction for naval guns after the 16-inch Mk I of the 1920s and later 1930s to 1940s designs used monobloc (single-piece) (e.g. 12 pdr 12 cwt Mk V) or built-up all-steel construction (e.g. 6 inch Mk XXIII and 14-inch Mk VII).

7. College Football Playoff: No. 6 Penn State rides two first ...

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   The No. 6 Nittany Lions intercepted SMU QB Kevin Jennings three times in the first half and returned two of them for touchdowns in a 38-10 win over the No. 11 Mustangs in the first round of the ...