To: wastoute; DesertRhino
Maybe they loaded them with canister. Think about what a Zero would look like after flying through a cloud of one inch steel balls.
17 posted on
10/05/2016 11:33:23 AM PDT by
KrisKrinkle
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To: KrisKrinkle
Hmmmmm... now that you mention it, I have heard of a 16 gauge.
20 posted on
10/05/2016 11:34:56 AM PDT by
DesertRhino
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To: KrisKrinkle
21 posted on
10/05/2016 11:35:28 AM PDT by
wastoute
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To: KrisKrinkle
The Japanese had munitions like that for their main batteries
32 posted on
10/05/2016 12:00:28 PM PDT by
BenLurkin
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To: KrisKrinkle
Maybe they loaded them with canister. Think about what a Zero would look like after flying through a cloud of one inch steel balls.
Iowa class battleships had 10 dual mounted turrets with 5 inch 38 caliber dual-purpose canon, 20 quad mounted 40mm cannon, and 50 20mm cannon. The 3 triple mounted 16" guns did not have anti-aircraft capabilities. Ironically, the Japanese did use canister rounds in their Yamato class. I have no idea how effective these were, but the Yamato and Musashi were sunk by aircraft.
The crew of the Bismarck tried to shoot down the Fairey Swordfish torpedoing it using the splash from 15" high explosive rounds, but these didn't do anything but get the shirts (and perhaps undergarments) of British aviators wet.
58 posted on
10/05/2016 6:05:37 PM PDT by
rmlew
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