HMS Belfast firing all 6 inch fwd guns. 06/06/2014. For D-Day

[@davidsirett5560]

if those were not blanks we could say good by to scratchwood services on the m1

[@PureM_]

David Sirett they were

[@MK-rr7cg]

@@PureM_ No shit sherlock, he's saying if they weren't blanks and if the ship fired real shells.

[@DividedByZeero]

I can’t wait for if it ever does need to be taken down I want them to atleast take it down in style with these guns!

[@thatguyonyoutubemk2746]

Was literally thinking the same thing watching this 😂

[@spielboy6931]

Facing the wrong way for the M1 ... those guns are pointing west ... ... I used to have some video from behind the guns when they fired on the 60th anniversary of d-day ... ... it did amuse me that they were pointing directly up river towards Lloyd's Bank main IT building - which is who I worked for at the time :-o

[@whitetiger2048]

and those are only light cruiser guns think about what something like the Warspite or the Duke of York's navel guns would sound like

[@ariespaddayuman1150]

But what About Yamato D:

[@maximum988]

I remember reading that her AA guns couldn't be manned while her big guns were firing because the shockwave would be fatal. No idea if thats true.

[@whitetiger2048]

i also heard that on hms nelson the fore guns kept smashing the windows on the bridge

[@whitetiger2048]

my great uncle served in B battery during the early cold war

[@DBT1007]

Warspite? No. The real deal is Bismarck and Yamato.

[@timlewin3411]

another point you might find interesting; when a Naval ship is engaging a target you do not fire the guns one by one, you fire all of them at once. The guns are trained onto the target by the radar (before it was optical) range finder and then the point of aim for the convergence of all the shells was calculated on a mechanical computer called a "Fire Control Table" In a ship like Belfast this would mean you could times the explosion of each of those single rounds by 12. This would be felt throughout the ship as you can imagine. A well trained set of gun crews could pump out these salvoes at a tremendous rate of fire. To bring all guns to bear on a target it was sometimes necessary to weave the ship, this is called opening the guns "A-arcs" of fire. I would have loved to set off all of those forward 6 guns at once as in 6X6 but Health & Safety wont let us reload. It did however guarantee there wasn't a pigeon to be seen for hours after.

[@respectablebogan3276]

actually A and B turrets' salvos would have been staggered, by a very small amount of time, either a few seconds or less than 1 second.

[@Kevin-mx1vi]

Health and safety ? Belfast is a WARSHIP for Christ's sake ! It's fought in battles and won. And now reloading is too dangerous ? We've become a nation of wimps. 😟

[@AlcaturMaethor]

@@Kevin-mx1vi It was not unknown for ships to be damaged by the recoil of own artillery firing. Happened to Nelsons for example (if you look at Rodney against Bismarck it was forced to fire half-salvos). With Belfast being old and probably not in pristine condition, there may be a reasonable fear for its structural integrity if all 12 guns were to be fired at once. Nothing unreasonable here.

[@onyxdragon1179]

@@Kevin-mx1vi Belfast is an old warship that can have a hidden defect on its guns, which despite the maintenance they receive because of their age it's kind of risky to fire them. It's like that case of one of the Iowas turrets suffering an explosion that killed some guys, or an M18 Hellcat that got 2 guys killed after they tried firing it and something blew up inside the cannon breech. It's not about being wimpy; it's about about avoiding situations like these.

[@MilkTea101]

@@Kevin-mx1vi You are an idiot if you think a ww2 era warship will perform today like it did in its prime today. Mechanical stuff gets damaged by time, even with good maintenance it can break, that is the reality you schmog.

[@245makarov1]

if this is what 6 inch guns sounds like, imagine the 18 inch...

[@BattleshipWarspite]

Imagine what 36 inch gun would sound like.

[@Xanitrit_Zeo]

And these are just blanks. Imagine the sound live rounds would make!

[@maximusdecimus2142]

@@Xanitrit_Zeo wouldn't they be quieter?

[@Xanitrit_Zeo]

@@maximusdecimus2142 Nope. Live rounds are a lot louder than blanks. In blanks, only the explosion from the powder is heard. In live rounds, the sonic boom the shell produces, the compression of the powder explosion and the much greater amount of actual gunpowder used produces enough sound to permanently deafen sailors.

[@maximusdecimus2142]

@@Xanitrit_Zeo oh, I suspected that I've said something stupid, thank you for the explanation!

[@andrewmontgomery5621]

Once again The Maid fires her main guns.

[@DementedDaedric]

Hello fellow shikikan...

[@ijnmikasa7604]

Ah yes the beautiful maid from Azur lane

[@F1-Person]

so ur a shikikan and an ace combat player *Buddy*

[@unowen4564]

Ara ara

[@ThatOneBelkan]

@@F1-Person It's time

[@timlewin3411]

the firing of these guns was organised by me to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day. The event in the ship took place on the 5th of June, the day the invasion fleet sailed, that evening, for the invasion beaches of Normandy. It was attended by representatives of many of the Allied nations. The firing of the guns, the very same guns that were used to open to bombardment on the morning of 6th June 1944, was carried out for us by the special effect company MTFX working with the conservators of the ship. I hope we will do the same in 2015 for Victory Day, May 9th. Tim Lewin, Vice President HMS Belfast Association.

[@SteamboatWilley]

+Tim Lewin Were they real blank cartridges, or just pyrotechnics?

[@agricolacastelgrosso1933]

Damn good work sir! I sincerelly hope you'll do it again!!

[@mrz80]

I suspect those are saluting or signaling charges. The guns didn't recoil.

[@arne1997]

I went to the HMS Belfast last week and there was a guide book you could get there. It said that the HMS Belfast was indeed the ship that was supposed to fire the first shot, but that some trigger happy ship prevented that by firing first. Do you know if that is actually true than? I'd love to know.

[@Moltenbramley]

“Organised by me”. How self fulfilling. You had no team helping you then?

[@theallseeingmaster]

Nice to know the turrets still work, just in case.

[@thesaltycabbage]

To fight back those commie liberals

[@viscounttudon68]

Nick Bland kinda cring but ok

[@dannyfeller7034]

@Nick Bland No such thing as a commie liberal 🧐 communism is a left wing idea.

[@viscounttudon68]

Danny Feller Communism is also authoritarian which is the opposite of liberalism

[@dannyfeller7034]

@Anglus Patria So says the guy with far right symbology in his display pic.

[@eggboi6760]

Everybody gangster until they realize that HE shells were loaded

[@derpjiggle9155]

General kenobi get back to the Jedi temple the younglings are being murdered!

[@GetDougDimmadomed]

Hello there

[@florijan_safar]

IT WAS SAID THAT YOU WOULD FIRE BLANKS NOT HE ROUNDS!

[@aljon5947]

SORRY SIR! I thought the crowd would love highly entertaining rounds!

[@agaXM]

Hello there

[@timlewin3411]

They were pyrotechnics; we have to be careful with the fabric of the ship not to create excessive kick or resonance through the hull. We used to use the saluting cannon with reloadable brass cartridges which make approx. the same sound but as the cannon was bolted solid to the desk they gave quite a reverberation in the compartments below. The six-inch naval guns like these in the Belfast do not really use cartridges as such, the shell is loaded separately and then the cordite which is in a fabric bag tightly packed is loaded behind it. The charge and bag are completely blown away when the gun is fired, unlike the 4" and standard 4.7" guns used in destroyers, and for HA/LA defence which used brass cylinders. Actually if you fired one of these guns with just the charge and no shell the noise would be rather less, not more! what you hear in the clip is pretty close to the real thing altho there are not many people left who can remember..

[@samanli-tw3id]

Why the cannon was bolted solid? Wouldn’t it be better if it recoiled?

[@henryvagincourt4502]

@jack tarr + Interesting, never heard of it with 4'5", WEM on F126, F70 and D89, the twin 4'5" were semi automatic, I was just below the turret when shooting mucker, I'm still here.

[@termitreter6545]

@@samanli-tw3id Probably done generally for easier maintance. Or it wasnt safe enough to rely on the guns springs.

[@gfdx3214]

Scharnhorst: WOULD YOU STOP FIRING AT MY RADAR PS: cool vid, thanks for posting

[@n.s.c.h0r1zon38]

Belfast: Hehe 6 inches go brrr

[@tanall5959]

YEAH! DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA DAKKA!

[@boldbayr1995]

hhha Duke of York in the background cheering Belfast 'FIRE FIRE FIRE FIRE'

[@RyuzoSan19]

Belfast: (sips tea) *no.*

[@tankythemagnorite9855]

That was HMS Norfolk. HMS Belfast was the flagship of force 1, rather is a Norfolks 8" shells that penetrated the superstructure and destroyed the forward radar controls.

[@gerardcapisin8257]

Two types of viewers here: Naval history enthusiasts and Shikikans...

[@YukariAkiyama]

Mostly shikikans

[@S0RGEx]

And I am both.

[@boldbayr1995]

almost all of theme are shikikans

[@ARC-Driver]

Both. Both is good

[@aerwol]

Okaerinasai dokutah~ Oh wait Wrong gane

[@adamn8156]

I visited HMS Belfast in 2016. A well-preserved and still beautiful ship - easily one of the best parts of my trip to London.

[@timlewin3411]

true Belfast has 12 main guns, unfortunately we were not allowed to fire those aft (at the back, X & Y turrets) as these are immediately above the public entrance, health and safety and all that. When a warship engages a target, usually another ship, first of all it is often so far away as to barely visible with the naked eye, secondly, the captain will "swing" the ship to bring all guns to bear on the target, called the "A" Arc, and then shoot, you don't say fire in the Navy, the full broadside as fast as you can before swings away to present the smallest profile for return incoming shells. The concussion of the guns is felt throughout the ship, glass, crockery, fittings are often broken by shock if not stowed correctly. The blast and pressure wave is tremendous. Some of you ask about Warspite (15") my father was in s sister ship, Valiant, in 1939/41 when Valiant loosed off a broadside with her X&Y turrets trained too far forward, the blast wave reduce several of her wooden boats to matchsticks. I am not surprised by the report of the blast wave shattering bridge windows. bigger guns did not use brass cartridges, the explosive material was packed into a fabric sausage rammed in behind the shell, without the shell it would probably not make as much noise as the pyrotechnics we used.Expensive, but great fun, and even better to see how much people like you all get pleasure from watching it again.

[@toddf9321]

Hi Tim. What you say is very true. I have the pleasure of being in the US Navy and saw, heard, felt the power of a 16" Naval Rifle being fired. I am not sure what type of charge was used on the HMS Belfast in the video clip, but the people are saying it was load...I can very well image a war-shot being discharged. All the windows nearby would be damaged for sure.

[@paulwood5803]

Have to correct you slightly there Tim.... Opening the 'A' Arcs describes manoeuvering to bring the maximum number of AA (Anti-Aircraft) guns to bear on a target, for the main battery firing at a surface target you would open gun arcs.

[@evo5dave]

Belfast was a cracking ship. What a pity there are no preserved RN battleships like Rodney or King George V

[@rollsroycegriffon2375]

You do know that preserving Battleships would be expensive for a post-war economy in a brink of Collapse?

[@evo5dave]

@@rollsroycegriffon2375 Yes

[@Porksword65]

It’s true though, we should have preserved HMS Warspite, that ship thoroughly deserved it. I managed to fulfil a childhood dream last year and visit the USS Missouri in Pearl Harbour, it’s an immense thing of beauty and power. Belfast is impressive, I do like to visit when I’m down south, but that mooring should be occupied by Warspite 👍

[@lefrenchaudir188]

Or warspite and any revenge class battleship that stayed afloat

[@nekomatafuyu]

Not a RN ship, but if you want to see the last remaining British battleship, there's the IJN Mikasa in Japan. She's a modified Formidable class battleship built for the Japanese back in 1899.

[@weebvsreviewch9484]

Belfast:Shikikan sama Can i fire now? Commander:yes

[@procrastinatorbrad7606]

Ahh fancy seeing another Shikikan here

[@isaacpark90s]

belfast shoot as warning to enterprise eat or i will shoot

[@DividedByZeero]

men of culture I see I marry Belfast

[@errorterror6708]

Gotta get that oath skin

[@jvtagle]

Yes my wife, fire away

[@Ungovernable_Schizo]

*Best maid 100% undebatable*

[@jugram13]

Sirius and dido : 👀👀

[@haachama-chama7179]

My wife Sheffield thooooo. She's my favourite British Ship.

[@sopmodtew8399]

Bel-chan

[@Ungovernable_Schizo]

@@jugram13 Sirius is definitely up there

[@YukariAkiyama]

@@sopmodtew8399 small child 🗿

[@rockyhooks3372]

“Hey uh sarge, why do we still have an extra blank shell over there in the corner? I thought we only ordered 6.”

[@sampackman69]

"oh god oh fuck oh god oh fuck oh god oh fu-"

[@RyuzoSan19]

"Hey sarge, cap said one of the guns recoiled."

[@sampackman69]

*Reports are coming in, Big Ben has been hit with a shell from the HMS Belfast*

[@89schofe]

@@sampackman69 Ah that's why they've been doing restoration work to it! 🤔

[@Prodigy70]

As a fellow Belfast enthusiast shikikan, this is nice to see.

[@andyguyuk1]

Funny how it still looks modern, good design!

[@BigAl2-u7e]

Did you expect it to be made out of wood and flying a sail?

[@azurblueknights]

This was a fairly common trend in WW2. Many ships looked far ahead of the times.

[@Chambers_90]

She underwent a couple of different phases of modernisation if I remember correctly, the enclosed bridge etc. was a later addition, she wouldn't have looked quite like this at the point of her being commissioned :)

[@yameteonii_chan7278]

Yeah like even the Iowa Class Look Modern

[@lynlewis8606]

It makes me shed a tear knowing that the HMS BELFAST is still honoring the fallen

[@brianthesnail3815]

My grandfather served aboard HMS Rodney that was the battleship that largely takes credit for sinking the Bismarck and also shelled the beaches on D-Day. It had the heaviest main guns in the Royal Navy at the time. My grandfather was a Petty Officer in charge of one of the secondary turrets and suffered tinitus for the rest of his life as a result. He said that in the final hour of the battle the HMS Rodney was so close to Bismarck that they were firing flat shots line of sight. At that trajectory its 9 x 16 inch main guns was so powerful that the blast and recoil of its own guns actually damaged the HMS Rodney itself. The shells went straight through Bismarck.

[@J.Bart1]

The famous "overpen"

[@rennie44]

Overpen moment

[@tankythemagnorite9855]

You are correct about it having the heaviest guns in the RN at the time. If fact, the Nelson class were the only RN warships to have 16" guns.

[@agricolacastelgrosso1933]

I'd say the old lady is alive and kicking!

[@banzeyegaming2234]

Isn’t that Warspite? Oh wait nevermind, she was scrapped.

[@nuclearcracker]

@@banzeyegaming2234 Leave granny Warspite out of this 😂

[@karma4859]

Only barely. Those guns are very old. They probably wouldn’t be able to sustain rapid firing for too long.

[@kotch5]

There a few preserved ships in Chatham Historic Dockyard, one of them HMS Cavalier a destroyer from 1944. There's also HM Submarine Ocelot from 1962. I think both are regularly open for tours.

[@andrewhunt7328]

I have been on board both as I live in kent. Cavalier is beautiful ship 😊😊

[@NarrowKilla]

i got this recommendation because i am playing azur lane cannot say i am complaining though

[@kremull1443]

Same

[@pablogarcia4911]

I actually like the game more than the theme of battleships but this also results interesting.

[@ARC-Driver]

@@pablogarcia4911 it's an honest to God good game. Great developers and is littered with content. + Anime shipgirls of every caliber and we got a masterpiece

[@actuallysatan7105]

I fell in love with the canon fire... I already simp for the ship herself. Humu, Besto Girl Bel-sama.

[@acapraichu4879]

I prefer Swiftsure tbh. Bel's too popular

[@FoxtrotStudi0s]

The fact that this is filled with Azur lane references Makes me question existence.

[@stramash100]

I was at Portsmouth on this day, 70th anniversary. ships of a few nations attended, and the Red Arrows, and Royal Family attended. One nice touch Brittany Ferries gave free passage to all D Day vets, and all ships in port saluted the last ferry to Normandy carrying the vets at. 3.00 pm.

[@KurokiSan]

60% Shikikans. The rest 40% *actually interested naval history.*

[@azurblueknights]

Am I not allowed to be both? I loved naval history even before finding Azur Lane during its open beta.

[@KurokiSan]

@@azurblueknights yes sir you can

[@classified9798]

*Belfast fires main gun* Translation "Wake up goshujinsama"

[@hmsmrpikachu]

xD

[@ELMO899]

no, that's sheffield, belfast will try to wake you up gently after looking your sleeping face for like 5 minutes

[@sacrilege8943]

damn, Belfast in Azur Lane and real life are both beautiful

[@acapraichu4879]

I prefer real life lol. She's too popular in AL

[@Prodigy70]

Agreed.

[@chrisjoy439]

After 70years she still looks amazing

[@willmcleish4573]

She's 87 years old

[@ShockwaveTheLogical]

Now imagine if HMS Warspite survived. Id loved to hear hear 15" guns roaring

[@jimmyjimjim5137]

maid ships at its finest lmao

[@PetervanderEls]

Cool! Visited the HMS Belfast many years ago. Never thought I'd see the guns in action. Hope this will become a tradition.

[@clorfworter7014]

The HMS Belfast is such a sexy ship

[@viniciuspaiva3578]

The best maid shows her power!

[@hmsmrpikachu]

xD azur lane ftw

[@JoshtheBackwoodsStoryteller]

I think it would be even more epic if someone out there does a Belfast cosplay as she appears in her human form in Azur Lane, but they actually have a cosplay photoshoot on the HMS Belfast. That would be epic.

[@hmsmrpikachu]

@@JoshtheBackwoodsStoryteller yes yes I would love to see that

[@ghatastrophe5444]

I was looking for fellow skks

[@toyman9642]

I made a point of touring the Belfast when in London many years ago. A wonderful ship with a proud history.

[@AspiringD3v]

A shore, 3 miles away from the ship... Fisherman: i hope i catch something today Looks up* woah i see birds, those are really fast bir- The area gets leveled*

[@polsereyrith7555]

This is so funny that I forgot to laugh :/

[@kremull1443]

Enterprise:im not hungr- Belfast:*start firing*

[@ijnnagato]

Ah I see a skk of culture

[@maths-monkey]

HMS Belfast was moored up in my home town for many years. My Dad was one of the engineers who restored her - last time I spoke to him about it, he said they shouldn't fire the guns because it was a museum refit and they would probably be damaged. Luckily as we know from movies, no Captain ever listens to their engineers :)

[@azurblueknights]

To be fair, what we see here *is* just a mimic of what a real shot from those guns would sound like; as far as I'm aware they had to use careful pyrotechnics to get as close to the real thing as possible without damaging the ship, which is what would have happened had actual shells been shot. Its kind of mind-boggling that the shock wave from just a 6 inch live fire could actually cause damage.

[@Stinkflare]

Imagine if you were that person that didn’t know why they were shooting 😂

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

My uncle was a RM gunner on this ship during WW2. Sailed the Arctic Convoys, possibly fired the second salvo on D Day etc.

[@willmcleish4573]

Send me his name, I'm sure someone on there can find out what he did

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

@@willmcleish4573 William (Bill) Halifax.

[@congratsyoufoundmychannel1098]

I wanna see these guns fire in Salute for Prince Philip... he was in the Royal Navy, but left to support Queen Elizabeth after King George VI died... Rest in Peace Prince Philip, I give my condolences to the United Kingdom and the rest of the Commonwealth 🇬🇧

[@hinkebein1225]

the german tourist " Einer geht noch " :D

[@nuclearcracker]

I’ve never heard them firing but I imagined them being loud. Not thundering-loud. Sasuga Bel!

[@azurblueknights]

This was a fairly accurate representation of the 6 inch guns despite only being pyrotechnics, as far as I'm aware anyway. Naturally its not spot on since its not a live shell and powder being used, and they also had to use slightly different materials to make sure there wasn't excessive shock wave traveling through the ship. Belfast is so old if they're not careful she could actually damage herself firing her guns.

[@imana3808]

Jack sparrow: STOP BLOWING HOLES IN MY SHIP

[@wilkatis]

Now that's what I call an alarm clock! Also RIP to the fuel station lol

[@cluelessgames6488]

Scary to think those same guns fired upon the German Battleship Scharnhorst.

[@BACK2PORT]

It's a great looking ship even today. Its almost relevant still visually.

[@saiina9128]

this ship so beautiful, royal navy have very good ships design.

[@lebkuchenmann7663]

Cough Nelson cough

[@nordminaspel6732]

I only found this now, and it’s amazing to me that those are the same guns that fired at the Scharnhorst

[@georgebarnes8163]

Not the same guns which have been replaced a few times, they were last replaced during the Korean war after Belfast fired 8000 rounds.

[@dude_stop_alright435]

In reality , The sounds are much more terrifying...

[@drunkzilla3522]

This is reality wdym

[@dude_stop_alright435]

@@drunkzilla3522 congrats for telling me new information , despite the fact that i already just realized that this was reality , not fiction , Either way , bravo.

[@fatnlazychinc]

loved playing this ship in World of warships. cant believe the guns still work!

[@willis32]

Just wish she'd done a full salvo, that'd be something to hear... or deafen

[@Soultaker7]

Hm. Didn't know the trunnion assembly/pivot points for the middle guns was set further back than the two side ones. I thought they were all aligned for simplicity. Guess it's to avoid concentrating the vibrations into a certain area (and thus cause greater metal fatigue) or to make room for the recoil/reloading system?

[@cloroxbleach7358]

I remember going on that on a school trip 3 years ago and WTF the guns are intact!?

[@Anonymous-bn1lo]

It's good to be back in D-Day

[@10willdude]

Belfast has 12 guns but very cool

[@willmcleish4573]

I know it has. I work on it

[@respectablebogan3276]

@@willmcleish4573 so why say "all 6 inch guns?"

[@willmcleish4573]

How many do you see in the video

[@Aelvir114]

Hughston Bloomfield 6-inch is the gun caliber (also defined as 152 mm). Her guns were the 6-in Mk XXIII guns.I don’t see the uploader stating anywhere how many she has so you can’t complain

[@dragoxphere3341]

it says "all 6 inch FWD guns"

[@AaronOxfordExmouth1989]

That is one hell of a crack! And they are only small guns.

[@penkagenova7073]

I wouldn't wanna be near Missouri when she fires her guns

[@thomaskositzki9424]

That's just blanks. Maybe Somewhere between 20-50% of live fire.

[@cnalpha5595]

“We’re being reinforced with a dreadnought...”

[@lemon5155]

I m surprised that Belfast still functioning perfectly

[@demonknight7510]

People are taking care of her, because she is a floating museum. Thats why she is still functioning.

[@giavanteevans4723]

Belfast is the hottest of the royal maids.

[@BigBoyz33]

i oathed her when i first saw her, she is beautiful

[@jabberwocky1707]

"HMS Belfast is a Town-class light cruiser that was built for the Royal Navy. She is now permanently moored as a museum ship on the River Thames in London and is operated by the Imperial War Museum." Laid down: 10 December 1936 Launched: 17 March 1938 Completed: 3 August 1939 Commissioned: 5 August 1939 Decommissioned: 24 August 1963 :per Wikipedia - I thought a 3 gun turret was bit unusual nowdays

[@OAKza007]

YUS

[@here4good]

Just imagining a small german child walking by during the show, first thing he says... "I sense a disturbance in the force"

[@DividedByZeero]

The last of the Royal navy’s great WWII fleet Rule Britannia

[@newhope33]

Not the last but not far off there's HMS Cavalier(C-class Destoyer), HMS Wellington(Grimsby-class sloop), HMS Caroline(WW 1 Era C-class light cruiser)in the UK and a few in other countries like HMS Fal(River-class frigate), HMCS Haida(Tribal class).

[@youyouch3146]

*turret slowly turns to the right*

[@nonamentes8299]

Best maid

[@NealFosterHD]

My favorite London attraction as a kid, then teenager and adult. Got lost every time inside

[@Nishishishi16]

Goshujin-samaaaaaaaaa!!~~

[@groupb5420]

Who the F would put thumbs down to this historic ship that was the second ship to fire during the 1944 Normandy landing , she played a significant part during the Second World War , a fantastic piece of engineering 👍🇬🇧

[@brantsemallory726]

The old girl sings again!

[@TheKilroyman]

The "Belfast Child" Sings Again ;)

[@DSAK55]

they were firing towards Ireland

[@norangzforever]

My waifu!

[@TheHorseOutside]

Begone degenerate

[@nurmandwi]

Iced coffee i like what you're thinking

[@MySafetyisntHere]

Begone degenerate

[@jugram13]

Begone degenerate, she's my waifu

[@ARC-Driver]

@@jugram13 OUR Waifu Comrade!

[@Gordon-oy4do]

Not bad for a city class light cruiser if only it was the queen Elizabeth class with there 15inch guns

[@Askial_Osial]

Imagine being a seagull and just hearing this

[@bmcg5296]

This is the ship nearly sheered in two from what I remember. A sort of monster risen from the dead so to speak. Amazing ship who fired the first salvo of gunfire at the Normandy coast I’m sure I read somewhere.

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@alwoodsmodellingmayhem No, the first shots were fired by HMS Orion at 5.24 AM

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@alwoodsmodellingmayhem Orion 5.24 Belfast 5.27 Warspite 5.30 " She also took part in the Normandy Landings in June 1944, where she fired the first shell." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orion_(85)

[@georgebarnes8163]

@@alwoodsmodellingmayhem like the Wiki link I just supplied, maybe you need your eyes tested. "At 05:26, the bombardment fleet opened fire, and so began the assault on the Normandy beaches. The role of HMS Belfast and Bombardment Force E was to bombard German concrete defence bunkers, in preparation for the troop landings on Gold sector beach. As flagship, HMS Belfast would have had the honour of firing the first shot, however it was just beaten by the cruiser HMS Orion, who fired first. The officers of HMS Belfast were triple checking their targeting calculations to ensure pin-point accuracy, and opened fire very shortly after." www.iwm.org.uk/history/dday/

[@WELLBRAN]

that was only half of them

[@Chris-m-m02]

All *forward* 6 inch guns it states it in the video title

[@DepakoteMeister]

@@Chris-m-m02 No it doesn't.

[@Chris-m-m02]

Yes it does "HMS Belfast firing all 6 *fwd* guns" Fwd means Forward...

[@larryhunzel6889]

Warships, aside from their purpose ofc, are one of the most magnificent things on this earth

[@TorontoChannel]

Loud as hell :D

[@SamuelHarrison]

I know. bet it shook London.

[@k1er4n544]

@@SamuelHarrison to be honest her guns should be aimed at houses of Parliament to make them do their of fixing the country

[@Insert-Retarded-Reply-Here]

Combat Meerkat they were firing blanks so

[@wramsey2656]

Awesome ship wish i could visit her. Thx for video.

[@cuzio6144]

thicc af

[@UltraGamma25]

No

[@charlesvalkan252]

*nearest BB* "the ship is on fire!"

[@EIegie]

Lmao

[@youngsta9156]

This looks good but is a cancer in WOWS

[@jyralnadreth4442]

Hopefully HMS Belfast has a store of shells for wartime use somewhere, she has the biggest guns of any ship in the UK. I would be surprised if the Armed Forces didnt have a plan to use Belfast to protect the local area during some such hypothetical contingency plan ;)

[@spark300c]

well they just put up dated 6 incher because modern destroyers just heavy as light cruisers. also we got shells that have double the range of world war 2 cruisers. the cruiser class is cost effective platform for attacking land targets. It just navy have like cruiser class go to point it not much different than destroyer. though I think cruisers will make come back because improvement of gun tech and lower cost of firing guns for land support make it attractive.

[@thomaskositzki9424]

That ship has zero chance against modern weapons. Just think an Anti-Ship-Missle could be air-launched at it from 40km away and ruin it in one hit. Belfast has no early warning, no decoys, no CIWS. 90% hit propability on the ASM, send 2 and she is a goner.

[@audigex]

"Firing all 6 of the 6 inch guns" - umm, she has 12....

[@willmcleish4573]

I know she has 12 but do you see 12.

[@rryankellyy]

Will Mcleish That’s not how it works lad

[@Ashfielder]

6 inch guns, and firing reduced charges. Imagine a 15 inch broadside by a battleship.

[@FlyLeah]

Or the 18 inchs

[@Altair_Ibn_La_Ahad]

HMS Belfast is wearing a maid outfit, as far as I remember. 🤔

[@luftwaifucolonel]

I see that you're a Shikikan of culture

[@Altair_Ibn_La_Ahad]

@@luftwaifucolonel Yes! 😁👍🏻

[@TheCraftedMine]

Remember when England scrapped its entire WW2 fleet? Yeah, that was a thing that happened, good job Britain.

[@shononoyeetus8866]

Alright you lot I like anime and Azur Lane as much as the next bloke but please, this is an actual ship that actually served. Keep Belfast and shikikan to the in-game chat or something

[@YukariAkiyama]

That’s not gonna happen lol.

[@phillipbrewster969]

Man i tell you the difference between blanks and armor piercing the bang is 1000x's louder and moving

[@CatBoyGaming23]

“We are being reinforced by a dreadnought”

[@Reynevan100]

These are mere 6' and fired one at a time. Imagine what a full salvo would sound like from these. Try to imagine the absolute roar of a salvo from a battleship with 12' or bigger guns.

[@robertsilva8097]

KZbin recommended your KZbin channel to me

[@akriusfinch]

This is very satisfying to watch

[@Cormano980]

Imagine coming home after a night shift and living in one of those apartments

[@English.Andy1]

You can only imagine the noise on 6th June when she opened up in anger. Her & all the other warships giving the Normandy coast a pasting.

[@tsuaririndoku]

Blank Fire sound will be less cool than the actual live fires.... but Our royal maid still able to use her guns and I am happy

[@agent7045]

Cool shooting and all but what happened to the fired bullets

[@S0RGEx]

Those were blanks, not live shells.

[@Muzical-Man]

My lord. What a beautiful ship