Eli5 how the guns on large navy ships actually work? They are just shooting really large bullets at other ships in the sea? Like, does it use combustion to accelerate the projectile?

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Eli5 how the guns on large navy ships actually work? They are just shooting really large bullets at other ships in the sea? Like, does it use combustion to accelerate the projectile?

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Battleship New Jersey has a YT video where they explain how a 16″ gun is loaded and fired.

[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhEUUwXp56I](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhEUUwXp56I)