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  • [OC] Art piece by Ramón Berríos, displayed in the Puerto Rico museum of art.

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  • The card next to it didn't have much information. I searched online for a little bit only finding that the artist has done numerous pieces with wood and stone like this. Similarly without deep explanations that I could find.

    I actually enjoy not knowing the intent.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • The algorithm that brought this photo to my eyes is. Maybe I’m jumping at shadows but the country music HURAH isn’t organic.

    Who made the LW algorithm inorganically push propaganda that lines up with Trump's agenda?

    Or are you suggesting the upvotes themselves are fake? That rather than people simply being interested in the photo, that there are bots waiting to push the insides of a battleship because that translates into political gain?

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • I've already posted lots of military history that I've gone to the effort of traveling to see and document myself. I've posted this at whatever times I've had free to sort through it. Current news has never factored in to the timing of the posts. I am going to keep visiting historical sites and making posts about them. If you find a connection between historical sites and unrelated current events, that is out of my control.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • Almost.

    The cap (the "penetrative cap" as the above picture calls it) protects the hardened tip of the shell itself, so that the tip doesn't deform immediately on impact with armor. Soft metal caps did exist and work, but hard metal caps became more common since the hard cap would survive a little bit longer and thus get the shell better positioned to penetrate by the cap hopefully going through the outer layer of armor before the tip on the shell came forward to penetrate the remaining armor.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • You got me. Donald Trump personally paid me $20 to take photos of a WW2 battleship and specifically post it here on Lemmy to influence the userbase. He told me if he loses the Lemmy support then his whole plan falls apart.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • I don't know much about Helldivers, but the Wiki says their artillery are 360mm, which is closer to 14 inch shells. Slightly smaller than the thread pic. The right two here:

    From what I see of screenshots, those sizes still seem inflated. Something like a 155mm would be closer to the proportions somebody could fit on their shoulder.

  • Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of ["Infrastruction" it is.]

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  • Help me decide what I should name my game! Currently Country Architect, it turns out that "country" has a double meaning in English that I was not aware of ["Infrastruction" it is.]

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  • 'Architectcracy.' Which is more or less, "rule by architects."

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • I don't mean to confuse you, but yes it is the diameter of the bore. I specified from the lands since measuring land to land, or groove to groove diameter can result in different sizes.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • This picture is a totally different caliber, but it is a good illustration:

    A "cap" on a round is a solid piece shaped to help with armor penetration, but the shape is not good for flight. So a "ballistic cap" is staked on top of it. A hat on a hat, if you will. In the smaller photo in the illustration is a general idea of how these rounds look at a distance.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • The pictured shells are solid bodied all the way to the top fuze threading. There's no distinct ballistic cap, like with the below picture.

  • [OC] Projectile ring for ammunition inside the 16 inch main gun of the USS North Carolina

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  • 'Stellantis Is Putting Ads in Your Car (I Wish I Were Kidding)' - Regular Car Reviews

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  • Modern Jeeps are in that same space as GMC Hummers or absurdly overbuilt pickup trucks. They are performative items to give the impression of being all about being manly and offroading while in reality just being overpriced, yet somehow less comfortable luxury cars.

  • What's the story behind your username and avatar?

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  • My username is a play on a very esoteric old /tv/ meme.

    My profile picture is one of my drawings from my worldbuilding project. It's a froglike alien commando.

  • Weekly Recommendations Thread: What are you playing this week?

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  • I'm playing Caesar 3. I'm absolutely terrible at it because planning out the city is about following the esoteric rules of the game rather than logically laying the city out.

  • A screenshot that is the old evidence of my first ever attempt at a game.

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  • I mostly made models and textures, I was never a one-person team. I made assets for a number of students in game dev programming and I worked on some gamejams. Quite a few games, but nothing beyond the scope of a limited project. Currently I just don't have the time in between other things to go back to making assets.

  • A screenshot that is the old evidence of my first ever attempt at a game.

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  • This was built inside of Unity.

  • If the Pilgrims were still alive today, what would they be known for?

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    Forever young

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  • I use the aimlabs trainer to stay sharp.

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Nothing is over! Nothing! You just don't turn it off!

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    Hey stranger

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    There is no greater loss than that which is inflicted in the name of war.

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    There is no greater loss than that which is inflicted in the name of war.

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Living the dream

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    McNamara's Misfits

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    Cleaved in twain

  • Wargaming @lemmy.world
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    Marvel: Crisis Protocol - Bring On The Mojoverse With These Characters

    www.belloflostsouls.net /2025/07/marvel-crisis-protocol-bring-on-the-mojoverse-with-these-characters.html
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    OC

    Pictures from a pair of OPR Grimdark Firefight games last night

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    Back to MCP!

    spalanz.com /2025/06/28/back-to-mcp/
  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Results from mixed media workshop

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    Untitled warmup sketch

  • Greentext @sh.itjust.works
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    /tv/ watches 28 Years Later

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    Follow The Word

  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    If I fits, I sits

  • Art Share🎨 @lemmy.world
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    Looks like you had a run of bad luck

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    The time of salvation is at hand

  • NonCredibleDefense @sh.itjust.works
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    What's the big dea- oh no. Oh no no no.

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    Credible shrine

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    Where we're going, we won't need eye relief.