Milsurp After Hours

Crawling into one of these things is an experience. Makes you wonder what the sound could have been like when it fired. However there is a utube showing of the firing of 16 inch guns that doesn't look all that bad. It's of the USS Wisconsin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5ATYPrZnSQ&NR=1

The shells and powder charges are hoisted up through the thick circle of steel ,called the barbett, that the gun rides upon and that also contains all the gun munitions down deep into the ship.