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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I also wonder if shooting one doesn’t push the ship back in the opposite direction? Like do they have to get on the gas to stop the combustion from just turning into a temporary rocket propeller?

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