Freaking Awesome

[Mikey]

Just judging by the sheer number of engagements in which Warspite was involved, much less instrumental, I'm firmly convinced that there were in fact 6 or 8 Warspites.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

I rather thought the destroyer Johnston from Leyte Gulf was rather badass.

[Tyyr]

Agreed, a lone Destroyer that took on an entire Japanese fleet. Most telling to me is that the Japanese constantly referred to it as a heavy cruiser.

[Deepcrush]

USS Enterprise CVN 6

Survived more damage...then any ship in history. Beat that.

What about the Franklin?

Though I agree with the general point that the Big-E was your answer to Warspite.

Nope, Big Ben had some good fights but never matched the Enterprise.

[Deepcrush]

Agreed, a lone Destroyer that took on an entire Japanese fleet. Most telling to me is that the Japanese constantly referred to it as a heavy cruiser.

Given how often the OVER SPOKE EVERYTHING, it doesn't shock me.

[Captain Seafort]

Nope, Big Ben had some good fights but never matched the Enterprise.

I'm talking about damage - Enterprise never came that close to sinking, or suffered such severe casualties.

[Deepcrush]

Nope, Big Ben had some good fights but never matched the Enterprise.

I'm talking about damage - Enterprise never came that close to sinking, or suffered such severe casualties.

Sorry, I wasn't speaking on damage but battle honors and awards of service.

[Captain Seafort]

Sorry, I wasn't speaking on damage but battle honors and awards of service.

In that respect there's no contest - Warspite is the only ship that even comes close.

[Deepcrush]

Sorry, I wasn't speaking on damage but battle honors and awards of service.

In that respect there's no contest - Warspite is the only ship that even comes close.

Pretty much. I feel both proud of and sorry for the crew of Big-E.

Proud that they served so well in such a hellish war.
Sorry that for whatever reason, they were always around whenever fighting broke out.

[Graham Kennedy]

The most Freaking Awesome weapons system of all time : The Ohio class ballistic missile submarine.



Over 550 feet long, weighting over 18,000 tons, she can cruise silent and hidden beneath the seas for months at a time, and there's nothing on Earth that can find her. She carries these :



Twenty four Trident D-5 missiles. Each can be launched at any target within 7,000 miles of the submarine. Each can carry up to 12 nuclear warheads of 475 Kilotons each, meaning a single Ohio class can deliver 288 of these :



Right on top of the bad guys. A firepower greater than all of that ever expended in the history of warfare on this planet.

Awesome hardly begins to cover it.

[Sonic Glitch]

Pretty much. I feel both proud of and sorry for the crew of Big-E.

Proud that they served so well in such a hellish war.
Sorry that for whatever reason, they were always around whenever fighting broke out.

Well they were often the only ship in the sector weren't they?

[Aaron]

I'd nominate the Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge but they don't really count as a weapons, so instead I'll nominate the Lee Enfield Mk I-V. In service for 69 years, it's instantly recognizable as the weapon of the Commonwealth soldier for the entire first half of the 20th Century.

[Sionnach Glic]

In a similar vein, I'd like to nominate the classic AK-47. Let's face it, is there really a more well known gun? Hell, it's even on the flag of some African country.

[Captain Seafort]

Mozambique

Also, in a similar vein to Kendall, there's the Land Pattern and India Pattern muskets - Brown Bess. The standard weapon of the British Army for over a century, and the weapon that won the Empire.

[RK_Striker_JK_5]

Agreed, a lone Destroyer that took on an entire Japanese fleet. Most telling to me is that the Japanese constantly referred to it as a heavy cruiser.

Given how often the OVER SPOKE EVERYTHING, it doesn't shock me.

Doesn't take away from the Johnston's badassness, though.

And even though he's a person, I think Simo Hayha qualifies as freakin' awesome.