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  16 inch 6 gun salvo
 
16 inch 6 gun salvo

Battleship NORTH CAROLINA is armed with four types of guns:

 

  • Forty-Eight 20mm guns - used for close-in defense against enemy airplanes.
  • Sixty 40mm guns - used for anti-aircraft defense.
  • Twenty 5" guns - used for shore bombardment and to defend against enemy airplanes.
  • Nine 16" guns - used for shore bombardment and against enemy ships.


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