PLA Strategy in a Taiwan Contingency

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ACuriousPLAFan

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Temstar said:
Recently in their paid Chahuahui, when talking about the Trump-class BB Shilao/Yankee/Ayi mentioned that Trump-class might cause people to itch and revive things like the original un-nerfed proposal for 055 that's larger than the current version. They then very seriously talked about the existence of a 400mm gun that can fire ultra long range rounds. Shilao joked that a PLAN BB with three of those guns in a turret might be useful in a reunification scenario.

Is there really a 400mm gun in inventory somewhere? I know there was some work done on 203mm howitzers. And there's rumours of a 300mm gun (the so called "cross strait gun") that could fire guided long range rocket assisted rounds (they're basically shortened 300mm rockets). But this is the first case I've heard of a 400mm gun.
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Let's get three of the three-gun turrets on a ship- And welcome back, Iowa-class BB(G)s!

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Either way, did they mention whether that 400mm gun uses conventional gunpowder or electromagnetic (railgun/coilgun)? Because if it was the former, then the range likely won't improve much from the WW2-era battleships to justify such a massive gun, let alone the speed disadvantages when compared to hypersonic missiles (Mach ~2.2 versus Mach >5).
 
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Tomboy

Tomboy

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Let's get three of the three-gun turrets on a ship. Welcome back, Iowa-class BB(G)s!

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Either way, did they mention whether that 400mm gun uses conventional gunpowder or electromagnetic (railgun/coilgun)? Because if it was the former, then the range likely won't improve much from the WW2-era battleships to justify such a massive gun, let alone the speed disadvantages when compared to hypersonic missiles (Mach ~2.2 versus Mach >5).
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It could be some kind of gun launched missile like the AGS 155 but now in a fully traverable turret.
 
Temstar

Temstar

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ACuriousPLAFan said:
Let's get three of the three-gun turrets on a ship. Welcome back, Iowa-class BB(G)s!

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Either way, did they mention whether that 400mm gun uses conventional gunpowder or electromagnetic (railgun/coilgun)? Because if it was the former, then the range likely won't improve much from the WW2-era battleships to justify such a massive gun, let alone the speed disadvantages when compared to hypersonic missiles (Mach ~2.2 versus Mach >5).
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Even the 32MJ railgun proposed for Trump-class would only have a bit more muzzle energy compared to regular 155mm howitzer and less than 203mm howitzer like 2S7 Pion. They're long way away from practical for naval use.
 
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Zhejiang

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Taiwanese are already saying this is fake and local security camera footage but none of their security camera shows the same thing and what security camera would be this far out on the water, lol.
 
siegecrossbow

siegecrossbow

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Zhejiang said:
Taiwanese are already saying this is fake and local security camera footage but none of their security camera shows the same thing and what security camera would be this far out on the water, lol.
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Cucks won’t repent until GJ-11 makes low altitude high speed dash over Taipei to air drop PRC flags and copies of Governance of China vol. 1-5.
 
siegecrossbow

siegecrossbow

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FairAndUnbiased said:
Based on what I see from foreign public opinion, they still think that a war against China is a question of willpower and not of capability. Quite dangerous IMO.
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Since when has public opinion mattered? If it did there would be no outsourcing to Jai Hind land. Real danger is that dumbass boomer decision makers still think they can win.
 
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