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Caliber

From: "Matt Edens" <edens@m...>
Date: Thu, 2 Dec 1999 23:12:41 -0500
Subject: Caliber

>>>BTW, can any naval types tell me what "caliber" refers to on the big
guns?
i.e. 5"/54  It's obvious that it's a 5in gun, but I don't know what the
54
refers to.<<<

The length of the barrel.  A 5"/54 would have a barrel length 54 times
its
bore (ie: 22 feet)

		    -M

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