Marines Set New Record with 22-Mile Shot

[Ted]

A Marine unit broke records by hitting a group of Taliban insurgents with a 22-mile artillery shot, Marine Corps Times reports. And you think you’re a good shot? Pfft – this shot was farther than most people’s commute to work.

Marines Set New Record with 22-Mile Shot - Gun News at Guns.com

 

[knot4reel]

Thats amazing. GPS makes many things possible now that only a few years ago was purely the stuff in science fiction movies.

 

[.452browning]

That kind of precision is impressive. I was always impressed how NASA could land probes on Jupiter and other planets. One scientist explained it similar to this "it's like firing an arrow from LA dodgers home plate and hitting home plate in the Chicago cubs stadium."

 

[Kagnew]

the Chicago cubs stadium."

A scientist and doesn't know the name of Wrigley Field. Appalling.

 

[mcolford]

A scientist and doesn't know the name of Wrigley Field. Appalling.

As long as he keeps his silly little rockets on other planets, and not crashing into my house, I dont care what stadiums he knows!

 

[hoosierdoc]

A scientist and doesn't know the name of Wrigley Field. Appalling.

they are not supposed to promote corporations

 

[Dave Doehrman]

Marines Set New Record with 22-Mile Shot - Gun News at Guns.com

As much as I love and respect the Corps, this new record doesn't impress me all that much. Back during WWII the US launched the Iowa Class battleships with 16" guns. These guns fired a 2,200 pound round out to 22 miles away. They were extremely accurate. This was before GPS and laser guided artillery. The 2,200 pound warhead was a bunker buster and caused extreme damage.

Here is the USS Wisconsin BB-64 firing the 16" guns over in the Gulf during the first Gulf War. In addition to the 16" guns, they were also equipped with the Cruise MIssles. Unfortunately, the Iowa class battleships cost about $1 million a day to operate and maintain and they were all decommissioned around 1992.

 

[Misplaced Yankee]

As much as I love and respect the Corps, this new record doesn't impress me all that much. Back during WWII the US launched the Iowa Class battleships with 16" guns. These guns fired a 2,200 pound round out to 22 miles away. They were extremely accurate. This was before GPS and laser guided artillery. The 2,200 pound warhead was a bunker buster and caused extreme damage.

This is the equivalent of having a barrett 50 cal on iron sights.

 

[netsecurity]

As much as I love and respect the Corps, this new record doesn't impress me all that much. Back during WWII the US launched the Iowa Class battleships with 16" guns. These guns fired a 2,200 pound round out to 22 miles away. They were extremely accurate. This was before GPS and laser guided artillery. The 2,200 pound warhead was a bunker buster and caused extreme damage.

Here is the USS Wisconsin BB-64 firing the 16" guns over in the Gulf during the first Gulf War. In addition to the 16" guns, they were also equipped with the Cruise MIssles. Unfortunately, the Iowa class battleships cost about $1 million a day to operate and maintain and they were all decommissioned around 1992.

Yep, believe it or not but the Wisconsin was brought back into service during the first Gulf War, and launched the first cruise missiles into Iraq. It is the largest type battleship ever made, and its artillery is massive, the largest ever on a battleship, I believe. The new ships all use guided missiles instead of artillery of course, so they don't need big heavy guns.

I was just there two weeks ago in Norfolk visiting it for the second time! I was dissappointd that the interior was all closed though. I love Navy museum ships, and try to visit one everywhere I go (Hawaii, Texas, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, to name a few states that host the ones I've seen).

 

[Kagnew]

It is the largest type battleship ever made, and its artillery is massive, the largest ever on a battleship, I believe.

I think the Yamato was bigger on both counts, IIRC. (Of course, the Yamato has been an artificial coral reef for several years, too. )

 

[hoosierdoc]

As much as I love and respect the Corps, this new record doesn't impress me all that much. Back during WWII the US launched the Iowa Class battleships with 16" guns. These guns fired a 2,200 pound round out to 22 miles away.

Yeah, but the navy guys did so after dropping the marines off and backing away 15 miles

Plus, the navy ships had the benefit of the open ocean to get a stable footing for the boat, the marines had to use the earth's crust that is forever shifting, migrating, full of seismic tremors...

 

[Ted]

Impressed with an Iowa Class battleship? Then Google Big Babylon.

It was capable of launching over 2 tons into a low Earth orbit.

 

[Principal Skinr]

The Yamato and its sister ship had 18" guns, but I don't believe they were nearly as accurate as the Iowa class 16" guns. Even when modernized, they kept the old fire control computer from WWII, because they couldn't make one any more accurate than they already were.

Impressive stuff!

Great shooting by the Marines!

 

[cobber]

If GPS fails, what happens to our technical edge?

Seems like we rely on this for beaucoup things military and other.

 

[halfmileharry]

If GPS fails, what happens to our technical edge?

Seems like we rely on this for beaucoup things military and other.

Heck, the U.S. Marines will just insert them manually into the Taliban

 

[Cemetery-man]

If this would have been done with a conventional round, then I'd be very impressed.

 

[Tydeeh22]

thats nice and all.. but i can hit my house from here with a .22 long rifle...

isnt it true that the night sights on those have 400x the tritium than our civilian sights? or did i get bad info?

 

[DoggyDaddy]

If GPS fails, what happens to our technical edge?

Seems like we rely on this for beaucoup things military and other.

We have to stop and ask directions?

 

[Stschil]

A scientist and doesn't know the name of Wrigley Field. Appalling.

I thought the only 'scientists' in Morgan Cty operated meth labs.

 

[woowoo2]

I was deployed on a destroyer that was an escort for an Iowa class battleship.
Words can not describe the sound of all nine of those guns going off at once.