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Re: John E. Doolittle
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lugnet.pirates
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Fri, 28 Jan 2000 16:29:21 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Lance Scott writes:
> The tactic does still hold with turret mounted guns, the enemy can still only
> bear a fraction of his firepower, while you can use all of yours.
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> Missiles on the other hand negate that advantage entirely.
Heh. Yeah, I guess it's a lot different when you can fire more-or-less from
all directions...
Dave!
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| Dave Schuler wrote in message ... (...) only (...) from (...) Ok, sounds good. So what's the late eighteenth/early nineteenth century equivalent of a missile system - a carronade? ;-) Richard Still baldly going... Check out Port Block at (URL) the (...) (25 years ago, 29-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| (...) He (...) The tactic does still hold with turret mounted guns, the enemy can still only bear a fraction of his firepower, while you can use all of yours. Missiles on the other hand negate that advantage entirely. (25 years ago, 28-Jan-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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