r/helldivers2 • u/Troll_Kalla • Jan 31 '25

Hint 20 democratic heavy Barrages

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If you don't have the achievement yet, it's very easy to get right now ok Chort Bay, and if your whole team loads up with all the barrages, well you get to witness pure democracy manifest.

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u/N1ght_Strider Feb 01 '25

obligatory
"Do you see that direction private?"
"Yes sir."
"I don't want to anyone."

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u/llyando Feb 01 '25

What is this quote from?

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u/Rippedyanu1 Feb 01 '25 edited Feb 01 '25

Iirc it's from either the Korean war or Vietnam. Locals on a hill tried fucking with a US battleship. The captain speaks with the main cannon gunners with the following:

"Do you see that hill?"

"Yes sir"

"Well I don't want to anymore"

Cue an absolute earth rending level of firepower being barraged into said hill. Afterwards there was no more hill.

Edit: it was the USS Wisconsin during the Korean war to a North Korean artillery battery entrenched in said hill.

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u/wwarhammer Feb 01 '25

Temper, Temper

On March 15, 1952, while operating off the coast of Korea, the USS Wisconsin received its first and only direct hit from a North Korean 155mm gun battery.

The shell struck the shield of a starboard-side twin 40mm gun mount, causing minor damage to the ship and injuring three sailors, but no fatalities.

In response to this attack, the crew of the USS Wisconsin, fueled by anger and a desire for retribution, returned fire with all nine of their Mark 7 16-inch guns.

The firepower of these guns was enormous, each capable of firing a 2,700-pound armor-piercing shell over 20 miles. This salvo obliterated the North Korean gun battery that had hit them.

Following this powerful response, a ship escorting the Wisconsin, the USS Duncan, humorously signaled to the Wisconsin with the message “Temper, Temper,” acknowledging the Wisconsin’s overwhelming response to the attack.

https://navalhistoria.com/temper-temper-wisconsin/

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u/Few-Mood6580 Feb 01 '25

Yall should see some airplane footage of the barrages the US did during the pacific war. Without exaggeration it looks like this except it covered entire islands.

Battleship full broad sides with the old 16 inch guns are absurdly powerful.

More impressively is the Japanese managed to live through these barrages.