gkanor@lemmy.world to NonCredibleDefense@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前A "toothbrush length" naval gun for cheapslemmy.worldimagemessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1170arrow-down111
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minus-squarevortic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 年前If it confused a bunch of people, I’d say it’s poorly worded. “A gun the length of a toothbrush” made me think of a small pistol not a cannon.
minus-squarestarman2112@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 年前That’s because british journalists are incredibly stupid. Industry standard is to refer to weapons by their bore–you don’t call a Glock 19 a 185mm handgun, after all.
If it confused a bunch of people, I’d say it’s poorly worded. “A gun the length of a toothbrush” made me think of a small pistol not a cannon.
That’s because british journalists are incredibly stupid. Industry standard is to refer to weapons by their bore–you don’t call a Glock 19 a 185mm handgun, after all.