This March 1984 All Hands Magazine spread surveys the long arc of naval firepower, from the bronze-beaked galleys of ancient Greece and Rome through the towering broadside fleets of the age of sail, to the rifled turret guns, guided missiles, and electronic fire-control systems of the modern U.S. Navy. The feature illustrates how each era reshaped naval tactics to match its weapons, and how the drive for ever-greater range, accuracy, and hitting power has remained the constant thread running through three thousand years of sea warfare.
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