A viewer praises the US 14-inch gun and puts its Mark 16 shell about 300 pounds below the German 15-inch shell in the comparison. Texas's ten guns give the comparison its force: shell weight and gun count both affect the weight of a broadside. A later comment corrects an assumption that Texas carried only 12-inch guns. The surrounding jokes about Texas defying physics express admiration for the ship without establishing a technical advantage over another battleship.
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USS Texas and the weight of a 14-inch broadside
A viewer compares Texas's ten 14-inch guns and Mark 16 shells with German 15-inch armament, drawing attention to shell weight and gun count.