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Some of the battleship keels/partial hulls were repurposed as the first US aircraft carriers when the number of battleships each country possessed was restricted after WW1, beginning with the Lexington I believe (CV-2). A follow-up article on these would be interesting.

Seems overly long. Surely these could be shorter with a pistol-style handgrip magazine?

The BF190 was designed to be transportable by rail, hence the narrow track. The aircraft, with wings removed, could be simply be rolled onto a flat car. Kurt Tank faced intense opposition to his FW190 design, (it would have too much drag due to the radial engine, be too slow, blah blah blah)...