You should know that this piece of steel was made BEFORE the war and it should be tested with what was in the arsenal at that time (I mean late 30's) if you would like to take a fair test. Because after the war US Navy could test it with nuclear weapon and the result of that test would be perfect destroy. That's how much mankind turned in just 5-6 years. From this to the destruction of Earth at will.
USS Missouri, BB-63, & Iowa Class Battleships
- Thread starter Jeff Head
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If the Yamato or Musashi had encountered any of the Iowa class battleships, this test would be valid. As indicated in my earlier posts, if the Yamato had scored hits with its' 18 inch shells, the results would have been massive damage. If the Yamato had been hit, it would have received massive damage. The victor would be whoever could generate accurate firing solutions first. In that regard, the US Navy's range finding radars and electromechanical plotting computers would probably have been the deciding factor. Not armor. Not guns.
The biggest guns in the world are simply expensive ways to generate impressive water spouts unless they are accurately aimed. The thickest armor in the world can't keep you safe when the shells reach a certain size and weight.
lol, you're driving your 'US supremacy' at the time from what? Surigao Strait? Where it was crossing the T situation with US forces being superior to Japanese? A real battle with maneuvering targets was mauch more difficult at the time. Yamato's guns are holding a record of the longest strike during the war and much better than Iowa class which reprted hits of shells fired at Japanese destroyer which survived the bout.
This is a MEANINGLESS argument.
Japan had bigger guns with longer range. The US had superior range finding and targeting.
The Yamamoto and Iowa class NEVER met.
If they had, it would have occurred when Yamamoto tried to break through to the Okinawa strike force. But she failed miserably and was sunk by aircraft.
This just punctuated that as a surface warfare, war at sea option, the Battleships main guns lose to the aircraft carrier every time if the carriers know she is coming and engages.
Battleship guns were used long after World War II by the US as the Iowa class survived and were used in Korea, Vietnam, and all the way through to Desert Storm. But for fighting at sea against other surface contacts...their time had passed.
NO MORE OF THIS MEANINGLESS ARGUEMENT
Japan had bigger guns with longer range. The US had superior range finding and targeting.
The Yamamoto and Iowa class NEVER met.
If they had, it would have occurred when Yamamoto tried to break through to the Okinawa strike force. But she failed miserably and was sunk by aircraft.
This just punctuated that as a surface warfare, war at sea option, the Battleships main guns lose to the aircraft carrier every time if the carriers know she is coming and engages.
Battleship guns were used long after World War II by the US as the Iowa class survived and were used in Korea, Vietnam, and all the way through to Desert Storm. But for fighting at sea against other surface contacts...their time had passed.
NO MORE OF THIS MEANINGLESS ARGUEMENT
Jura The idiot
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interesting how a battleship duel, only a virtual, raises my adrenaline level ... thanks Jeff for cutting this ... otherwise I'd have fired a salvo, too LOL
Jura The idiot
General
Here's this picture of a 16" shell blowing up in front of an Iowa class battleship which had just fired it ... the "debris" consisted of about one ton of special steel. It happened during the Korean War
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Jura...that is simply an amazing picture. Thanks for posting it!Here's this picture of a 16" shell blowing up in front of an Iowa class battleship which had just fired it ... the "debris" consisted of about one ton of special steel. It happened during the Korean War
I moved it to this historical thread about the Iowa class Battleships.
Jura The idiot
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Yes...but without you finding it and posting it here...I likely would never have seen it. I thank you for that my friend.
