The shell-room tour shows that M33 carried several ammunition types and a gauge for rejecting badly made rounds before they damaged a gun. Her six-inch weapons delivered cruiser-scale firepower from a very small hull, giving troops ashore support that few contemporary land guns could match. That power came from an exposed mounting rather than a fully enclosed turret. The shield protected the crew from the direction in which the gun pointed, but flanking fire could still reach the gun team across the beam.
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Six-inch firepower at close range
M33's cruiser-calibre six-inch guns gave a small monitor formidable shore-fire power, but their open shields left crews exposed to flanking fire.