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Word: piercer (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...Spee had two turrets of n-inchers. That is power. A direct hit with 670 pounds of explosive-packed armor-piercer could blow a hole big as a suite at the Hotel Adlon in any of these ships. Then she had the eight 5-9-inchers as well. Roughly, the Spee had a 3-to-1 advantage in armament and fire-power over all three cruisers put together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AT SEA: Pocket into Pocket | 12/25/1939 | See Source »

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