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SEA AND AIR

Frigates and submarines

FROM THE MID-19TH CENTURY, ARMORED SHIPS provided a new challenge to enemy
Stabilizer fin
craft. In response, huge revolving gun turrets were developed. These could fire in any
direction, could be loaded from the breech very rapidly, and, instead of cannonballs, Aft hydroplane
they discharged exploding shells. Modern fighting ships, like the frigate, combine heavy
Propeller
ship-borne armament with light helicopter weaponry. Submarines function below the
surface of the sea. Their speed and ability to fire missiles from under water are their major
assets. The nuclear submarine can stay under water for several years without refueling.
Rangefinder Breech wheel Loading arm
Slide Sighting hood
Look out periscope Breech block Slide locking
lever Recoil cylinder Lower rudder
Local control cabinet
Elevating wheel

Guide for gun
loading cage
Blast bag (breeches)
Rammer lever
Floor of gun house
Gun loading cage
Turret roller
Training rack gearing Roller path
Working chamber
GUN TURRET
In this turret for two 15 in Training gear
(37 cm) guns, shells are carried
in a hoisting cage. The shell Rammer
is rammed into the gun,
followed by the propellant Waiting position
(charge). Once the breech is
closed, the gun is ready for Roller path support
firing. The whole operation
requires around 70 sailors. Floor
Barbette (armor) Turret “Walking pipe”
trunk (water supply)
Main hoisting cage
Cordite handling
room Cordite supply shuttle
Ensign FRIGATE
staff
Lynx helicopter
SONAR
Cordite case torpedo
decoy

Rudder

Shell-handling gear Variable pitch
Practice projectile High-explosive propeller
projectile Shell bogie Shell room Hydraulic grab
Ladder way

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