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Russian TV series (very) loosely based on history of Night Witches- female operated 588th Night Bomber Regiment of Soviet Air Force.


That channel has a lot of Russian TV series and films and afaik all of them have subs either generated or embedded.Good time killer.
 
Yes, Battleships muzzle loading guns were loaded in a similar manner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Thunderer_(1872)

The accident on HMS Thunderer (1872), caused the British Navel to switch back to breech loading guns.

The ship suffered another serious accident in January 1879 when the left 12-inch 38 ton gun in the forward turret exploded during gunnery practice in the Sea of Marmora, killing 11 and injuring a further 35. The muzzle-loading gun had been double-loaded following a misfire. According to Admiral of the Fleet E.H Seymour,
 

World War II veterans, US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and a number of other dignitaries and invited guests gathered Wednesday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the World War II with a ceremony aboard the USS Missouri.
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HMCS Restigouche in IRE configuration -after 1964. RUR5 ASROC shown to good advantage. I snagged this from an Italian site. Rare to see Cdn. pics of the IRE conversions with the RUR5ASROC ;)

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The pic looks like it might have been taken from a submarine at long range. But this is probably not the case. :)

Only four of the seven Restigouche class escorts recieved this weapon. HMCS Terra Nova and HMCS Restigouche had their ASROC weapons removed for The Gulf War refit. The other two IRE class ships according to a source retained their ASROC weapons until the end of their service lives.


Greek destroyer ASROC launch


I heard various claims they were a bit of a contraption to use and maintain.
 
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