Comments by "Doug JB" (@dougjb7848) on "Coastal Defenses and The Endicott Era" video.

@Wafflemaster 5.0 When you think of a dynamite gun think of using compressed air to launch a pumpkin. Only the pumpkin, when it land, it do not go squish, it go BOOM.
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@Wafflemaster 5.0 Not marshmallows. Harshmallows.
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The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered Warships, especially battleships, mounted their secondary guns in casemates well into the 20th century despite pretty clear evidence that such mountings limited the angles and ranges the guns could engage, were often so close to waterline that in even mild weather the water coming in rendered the guns unserviceable, and created weak points in the armor scheme.
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“A disappearing gun? Where?” “Over there.” “Well, I don’t see it. (mutters) Talks about a disappearing gun, nothing there. I think The History Guy needs to loosen his bow tie half a crank.”
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