• hector@lemmy.today
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      I never even knew about it thanks for the link will have to check it out. Seems if you didn’t fire at exactly the same time the gunner crew would get wasted, which was not uncommon back then in any case. Being a cannon gunner was not a great job. Early exploding shot was really dangerous too.

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        i would have been a great cannon gunner, as I’m not a stranger to early exploding shot meself.