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Originally Posted by WhiteTiger
I'm curious as to why this may be, and admit that I don't know a great lot about post-firing projectile weapons. Did it need to be cleaned? Have parts re-installed? Blow itself backwards a lot of track and have to trundle back up to range again? Was it simply the amount of time it took to move a 7 tonne 'bullet' from storage to chamber?
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A combination of the above. loading a 7 ton shell wasn't an easy job for the crew. They also had to run through a extensive check list that also included the barrel. In fact the barrel was only good for a couple of hundred rounds and it did have to be replaced. From what I understand after every shot they did have to clean the barrel and the firing mechanism. There was a reason why the gun came with two flack cannons to drive off aircraft.
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