The British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Warspite achieved the longest naval gunnery hit from a moving ship to a moving target in history, hitting the Italian battleship Guilio Cesare in the Battle of Taranto. According to known data, the range was 24000 meters, and that the British 15-inch Mk I naval gun has a maximum muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second. Due to movement, a headwind was against the British battleship, forcing its shells to decelerate by approximately 0.5 meters per second squared. Find the firing angle of the Warspite upon hitting Guilio Cesare. Find the impact velocity of the 15-inch naval cannon's shell.

The British Queen Elizabeth-class battleship HMS Warspite achieved the longest naval gunnery hit from a moving ship to a moving target in history, hitting the Italian battleship Guilio Cesare in the Battle of Taranto. According to known data, the range was 24000 meters, and that the British 15-inch Mk I naval gun has a maximum muzzle velocity of 800 meters per second. Due to movement, a headwind was against the British battleship, forcing its shells to decelerate by approximately 0.5 meters per second squared. Find the firing angle of the Warspite upon hitting Guilio Cesare. Find the impact velocity of the 15-inch naval cannon's shell.

Glencoe Physics: Principles and Problems, Student Edition

1st Edition

ISBN:9780078807213

Author:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Publisher:Paul W. Zitzewitz

Chapter6: Motion In Two Dimensions

Section6.3: Relative Velocity

Problem 27PP

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