Comments by "William Cox" (@WildBillCox13) on "The 18.1 inch Naval Gun - Origins and Development" video.

  1. (Hitler) "We need more chromium!" (Speer) "Then you shouldn't have gone to war with Russia, sir. That's where we get all our chromium." (Hitler) "We need more wulfram!" (Speer) "Then you shouldn't have gone to war with Russia, sir. That's where we get all our wulfram." (Hitler) "We need more oil!" (Speer) "Then you shouldn't have gone to war with Russia, sir. That's where we get most of our oil." (Hitler) "We need more Jewish science* so we can build our wuderwaffe bomb!" (Speer) "Sir. Do you really want to go there?" (Hitler) "You suck! I want Saur back!" (Speer) "So do I, sir. So do I." *It's what he called nuclear physics. Look it up.
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  2. Barrel life 200 rounds . . . geeze. Compare that to land based heavy artillery of the 15.2cm/15.5cm variety . . . which regularly rate at 500+ rounds barrel life. Makes me wonder what the barrel life of 80cm/L40 Schwerer Gustav was. A couple test fires and one siege and it was ready for Dora.
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